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In reply to the discussion: Scrapping the Hyde Amendment is a political loser for November 2020 [View all]Politicub
(12,165 posts)34. You are wrong. Show your evidence that it's a "political loser."
The polling data that I found indicate that repeal is a winning issue. Especially in battleground states.
A full 76 percent voters agreed with the statement, However we feel about abortion, politicians should not be allowed to deny a woman's health coverage for it just because she's poor. The voters who agreed included 76 percent of independents, 66 percent of Republicans, and 89 percent of Democrats.
Voters also said they would support a bill that would require Medicaid to cover all pregnancy-related care, including abortion, by a margin of 53 percent to 41 percent. The support for the repeal of Hyde is even stronger with millennials, a group Clinton is making a special effort to win over. More than two-thirds of young voters said they support Medicaid coverage for all reproductive health care, including abortion.
Source: https://prospect.org/blog/tapped/hyde-amendment-turns-40-poll-shows-support-its-repeal
Voters also said they would support a bill that would require Medicaid to cover all pregnancy-related care, including abortion, by a margin of 53 percent to 41 percent. The support for the repeal of Hyde is even stronger with millennials, a group Clinton is making a special effort to win over. More than two-thirds of young voters said they support Medicaid coverage for all reproductive health care, including abortion.
Source: https://prospect.org/blog/tapped/hyde-amendment-turns-40-poll-shows-support-its-repeal
This poll was focused on the battleground states of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. It's a 2016 poll, so it's pretty recent.
It's your opinion that it isn't a winning issue. Polling doesn't bear that out.
Besides, do you think women and progressives have an appetite for going backward with reproductive freedom? It is under assault. Biden coming out for repeal would draw attention to this important issue.
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Scrapping the Hyde Amendment is a political loser for November 2020 [View all]
Jose Garcia
Jun 2019
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40 years of supporting how to make life more miserable for women. Thanks Ron Reagan and Hyde
katmondoo
Jun 2019
#2
If the religious right gets to decide that our federal tax dollars cannot pay for abortions,
sop
Jun 2019
#8
The religious right wants to prohibit federal support for Planned Parenthood altogether,
sop
Jun 2019
#28
"Why is everyone mad about Biden supporting a policy that shits on poor people and,
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2019
#12
I saw a poll that indicated a majority of voters in key states don't want the Hyde Amendment.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2019
#24
"Approval" and "disapproval" of Hyde varies widely depending on how the question is asked.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2019
#26
+1. Been in place since 1976 with a few modifications. Good luck getting it changed now when states
Hoyt
Jun 2019
#33
That poll you cite was deliberately and badly skewed to show more support for repeal of the
highplainsdem
Jun 2019
#45