Yes it is. If the country was just voting on that single issue it might happen. But of course that's not reality. Some interesting findings from latest Gallup on this:

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"Americans' identification with the two abortion politics labels differs somewhat by gender and age, with women and 18- to 34-year olds tilting pro-choice, and men and Americans aged 55 and older tilting pro-life. Middle-aged adults are evenly split on the issue.

Regionally, Easterners are the most unified, with 59% calling themselves pro-choice, whereas in all other regions, no more than 50% identify with either label. However, Southerners lean toward the pro-life position (49% to 41%), while those in the Midwest and West are about evenly split.

By far the biggest differences in these views are political, with over two-thirds of Republicans calling themselves pro-life and about as many Democrats identifying as pro-choice. Independents fall squarely in the middle.'

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Posted by La Place Mike

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Posted on 7/20/14 at 3:37 pm to wfeliciana

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Yes it is. If the country was just voting on that single issue it might happen. But of course that's not reality. Some interesting findings from latest Gallup on this:

Are you saying a pro life candidate can never win a National election?

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Posted by SoulGlo

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Member since Dec 2011

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Posted on 7/20/14 at 4:02 pm to BobRoss

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What drove me away from the Republican party was Sarah Palin. It's obvious she didn't know shite about foreign policy or economics, she's just a dumb house wife that lucked into politics. How any rational person can support her is beyond me.

She knew nothing about foreign policy? She knew infinitely more about it than most of the intelligencia that told you she's an idiot. You were gullible enough to believe them... and ignorant enough to continue to believe them despite her predictions coming true.

The problem actually is, as stated by another poster, that the "Christian" voters often are as supportive of big government as democrats, only differing in what they want to use government to control.

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Posted by mikelowery1911

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Posted on 7/20/14 at 6:34 pm to RedRifle

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Country Club republicans unite. It's time to take the party back from these social conservative "Christians" who have held the party hostage for the last 20 years or so. These people are a walking contradiction. They claim to be for smaller government but want to use the government to legislate their brand of morality. They're trigger happy and would get us in a dozen wars if possible and have zero understanding of new era global politics, yet they bitch about the deficit. News flash: China is not the enemy.

We need a third party for these people. A social party where they can win a few confessional seats in deep deep Red districts.

If we returned to the party of Eisenhower, lower taxes, truly smaller and less intrusive government, fostering peace through trade and reasonable diplomacy with the world, letting the world want to BE like us like we did we would win so many more educated and higher earning independents who have voted democrat in the last few cycles because of the Todd Akins and Rick Santoroums of the world.

I have always considered myself an libertarian/indepwndent but that sounds good to me

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Posted by I B Freeman

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Posted on 7/20/14 at 8:03 pm to RedRifle

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If we returned to the party of Eisenhower, lower taxes, truly smaller and less intrusive government, fostering peace through trade and reasonable diplomacy with the world, letting the world want to BE like us like we did we would win so many more educated and higher earning independents who have voted democrat in the last few cycles because of the Todd Akins and Rick Santoroums of the world

I don't think the fundamentalist are in charge anymore. It is the Rinos. Boehner, McConnell, McCain, Graham. Their predecessors were terrible too--Lott and DeLay and Gingrich come to mind.

I'd take Goldwater over all of them. At least in the eighties Republicans did more than talk about reducing government. They darn near passed a balance budget amendment.

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