Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Abortion, Gay Marriage Rights Left Out on U.S. Presidential Campaign Trail


President Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, stake out opposite positions on abortion rights and gay marriage. Obama supports both while Romney is against both. But the candidates rarely mention social issues on the campaign trail because those issues have lost the power to sway voters. Cultural conservatives are already Republican while cultural liberals are already in the Democratic party. The potential of those issues as crossover issues have declined dramatically over the past 20 years.

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