As pro-life families celebrate the potential repeal of the Roe V. Wade decision, Gov. Pritzker is salivating at what he mistakes as a political lifeline. Once again, he is misreading the electorate.
Families are suffering from the highest inflation rates in almost 40 years. Cities like Chicago are experiencing spikes in crime and surpassing record homicide rates. Families have had their eyes opened to the quality of their children’s education.
Just five days ago, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll revealed that 47% of voters said they are more likely to vote for the Republican in their district, as opposed to 44% who said Democrats. This is the first time Republicans have been ahead in the polls since 2014.
After an unpublished Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe V. Wade was leaked, Democrats are desperate to change the conversation.
Democrats nationwide and especially in Illinois are failing on the economy, crime, and education standards. Now they believe they have a platform they can campaign and win on: a progressive social agenda.
This is the type of “flashy” agenda that Gov. Pritzker wants to run on. An agenda that gets his tweets featured on national news, that fires up his progressive base, and that distracts from his failed governing record.
The only problem? Even if the 2022 election was decided on this issue, the majority of voters don’t agree with Gov. Pritzker’s radical abortion agenda.
According to a poll from last year, 72% of Illinoisans, including 58% of prochoice Illinoisans, supported maintaining parental notice for abortion, a common-sense safeguard that Gov. Pritzker and legislative Democrats undid last year.
Gov. Pritzker can’t run on lower taxes and improving the state’s fiscal health because he hiked dozens of taxes and fees. He can’t run on good governance after defending and supporting Mike Madigan for years. He knows he failed by forcing schools to stay closed while students fell behind.
Pritzker alienated law enforcement officials who serve and protect our communities everyday. He favored positive press from national media on ending bail reform rather than caring about the safety concerns from local families.
Gov. Pritzker would rather turn his attention to a federal issue that is drawing a lot of fanfare from the D.C. and Chicago Press Corps than deal with the issues that Illinois families are dealing with. But, this polling suggests he can’t even run on the abortion issue cleanly.
Although Gov. Pritzker may see an opening to flip the script on his failed governance, our advocacy team has been educating voters on his failures for over three years.
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