A drop in turnout or a slight defection from the Republican Party would doom his candidacy. Republicans should heed the warnings of the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board (!). “59% of Haley voters said they would not vote for Trump if he were the Republican nominee. And exit polls show that 36% of South Carolina primary voters said they would not vote for Trump if he was the Republican nominee. (Other polls confirm that many Republicans would not vote for Trump if he were Trump.) ) convicted. )
To further sway Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, Biden could lean into four key issues.
Like many powerful people, Trump cultivated a movement based on toxic masculinity, violence, and violence. control Female. (Right-wing authoritarians routinely seek to limit women to the roles of wives and mothers, simply to avoid racial “replacement.”) The civil verdict, which includes E. Jean Carroll’s He is being held accountable for sexual abuse and his long history of misogyny. The comment alone may be enough to cause a record number of women to defect to the Democratic Party. But his attacks on women’s reproductive rights could push gender inequality to new heights.
President Trump has repeatedly boasted of reversing policy. Roe vs. Wade, It removes 14th Amendment protections for reproductive rights, bans abortion, and leaves in vitro fertilization and contraception vulnerable. Republicans are now furiously trying to roll back extreme and unpopular policies, which inevitably results in decisions like the recent Alabama ruling. An embryo is a child.Theocratic and radical judge’s ruling caused as much backlash as that against the Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Ruling.
Trump and his party now claim that everyone is in favor of IVF. However, it won’t fly. Senate Republicans have blocked a bill that would protect IVF in 2022, and at least 125 House Republicans have proposed “life at conception” or “personhood” bills (which could make some contraceptive methods vulnerable). is supported.how is it that Are you going to engage with women, even women who are anti-abortion?
Remember that even in red states (Kansas) and battleground states (Wisconsin), men and women reject the MAGA movement’s forced birth campaign. There is no doubt that women’s control over their bodies and childbirth will figure prominently in Biden’s approach to Republican women.
You wouldn’t know it from the Republican disinformation and gory reporting, but the country’s violent crime rate has plummeted under the Biden administration. Mr. Biden has increasingly touted his own record on crime, an important issue for many voters.
On Wednesday, Biden convened large-city police chiefs, many of them from battleground states like Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Arizona, to predict a sharp drop in crime, especially homicide rates. This won’t be the last time voters are reminded that the American Rescue Plan has allocated $15 billion to fight crime.
“It’s important to communicate the results of our investments in responsible policing,” Neera Tanden, a domestic policy adviser, said in a brief phone interview. She pointed to pre-pandemic homicide rates in cities like Philadelphia, Detroit and Miami (whose chiefs attended the meeting). She insisted that “it’s important to listen to the people on the ground, the chief of police.” Police chiefs can prove they have more resources to maintain their police departments, fund critical items like additional streetlights, and fund mental health responders.
“Heads will say that good relationships between local communities and police are important,” he said, without mentioning President Trump. She further added: “Make people fight each other, [police chiefs], would say that’s the wrong strategy. ”
Mr. Biden is calling for an additional $37 billion for his Safer America Plan, which would add 100,000 police officers and fund community violence intervention and crisis responders. He continues to call for additional gun safety measures, including universal background checks.Sure, Republicans‘ Rejecting restrictions on weapons of war, similar to Mr. Biden’s record, could sway some “soft” Republican voters.
Biden’s visit to the southern border highlights how Trump’s Republicans’ repeal of tough bipartisan legislation has changed the political landscape. The Associated Press reported that “Biden blamed Republicans for abandoning a bipartisan border deal after President Trump voiced opposition to plans to tighten asylum restrictions and set daily limits on border crossings.” . Expect more in the coming months.
Mr. Biden will not be able to woo die-hard anti-immigrant voters who are determined to round up and deport millions of people. But showing he has the will and know-how to take back control of the border could win the support of some Republicans.
Country club Republicans, small business owners, and many other voters rely on stable government to lead orderly lives, follow rules, and have predictable laws and economic policies. With Republican state parties and the House caucus in constant turmoil, Trump’s rants flooding social media and the real risk of conviction, the party is failing to provide sane and orderly government. No wonder former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley associates President Trump with “chaos.”
Biden has seized every opportunity to add to the turmoil, including feuds with allies, a daily barrage of insane tweets, bizarre press conferences, the rampant coronavirus, leaks of classified information (even before he left office!), and school closures. We will revisit the Trump era, which was full of (It resumed under the Biden administration.) And worst of all, he incited an insurrection, descended into violence at the Capitol, and threatened the life of his own vice president.
If elected, Trump promises more chaos (e.g., inviting Russian leader Vladimir Putin to invade NATO countries, repealing the Affordable Care Act, deporting millions of people, etc.) ).teeth that What do voters want? Voters may be confused about the meaning of “democracy,” but Biden can serve as a vivid reminder of President Trump’s reign of chaos, violence, and unrest. “Old” and “boring” can be real assets here, at least compared to “unstable and unstable.”