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Originally Posted by dth123451
As much as I want to rip her, who cares. The dude is getting confirmed 100% of the time and control of the senate is obviously super important (putting aside the fact that the number of people who vote on this issue is exactly 0).
idk, I've heard this discussed on podcasts and stuff and this CNN exit poll question illustrates it nicely:
21% of poll respondents said Scalia's seat was the most important factor in their vote, and that group broke for Trump by 15.
SCOTUS appointments definitely seem like something that animates the Rs, and I wonder if successfully torpedoing Kavanaugh might actually drive conservatives to show up in November if they actually feared losing a SCOTUS seat w/o Senate control. Clearly "hey, would you rather have Merrick Garland or Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court?" wasn't very effective at turning out voters for Dems in 2016.