LogFAQs > #979864583

The number 1 issue for Americans, by far, seems to be Abortion. It seems that the vast majority of Americans are consistently on the side of Abortion rights. Democrats are clearly taking advantage of that fact because they seem to be out performing Republicans in elections rather consistently.

What I find strange is that, even with this being the case, Republicans keep hard pushing for Abortion bans. They arent trying to adjust around this losing issue. In fact, they seem to bring it to the forefront more often than not for some strange reason.

Has something like this happened before in history? An issue that clearly the vast majority of Americans are on one side of but a political party hard commits to the other side? What has happened if this was a thing in the past?

My assumption is that political party eventually changed sides on that issue but I dont see that change coming any time soon for Republicans. So much so that Im starting to wonder if we are seeing the beginning of the destruction of the Republican Party over this issue. That idea seems absurd though so that is why Im asking if something like this has happened before and what the outcome was.