I have no idea whether this will work to change the number of Democrats who win Congressional districts.

There are quite a few different dynamics at action in American politics today. Identity politics is certainly making itself felt. Some of the older economic insecurity (old age pensions, for example) issues are still important. The rise of the religious right is a response in part to the ongoing de-Christianization of society, which is happening albeit slowly.

I find it a bit self-defeating to declare there are no “litmus tests” when a party has a platform. Is not the platform the nexus of ideas and goals?

Given that some of the people on my Facebook wall who voted for Trump seemed to be mostly driven by fanaticism over abortion, it’s not hard to understand why this idea of no “litmus” on abortion came about.