Also, the Tuesday election results haven't even been officially certified and another potential amendment (probably for an election next year) was introduced to eliminate qualified immunity from police officers and sovereign immunity from governments in the state allowing all kinds of lawsuits. These are the kinds of amendments usually backed by very far left groups with out of state ties.
I read a summary of the issue 1 vote in Cleveland.com yesterday. They listedd 4 takeaways. One was Frank LaRose bet big, and might be the biggest loser here. He declared his Senate candidacy during the campaign for 1, and probably will be the biggest loser in it. I think his Senate campaign is virtually over. Two, was a tactical win for the pro-abortion faction. I think they are over-estimating the win. Many conservative folks in NW Ohio voted against 1 because they felt their ability to bring initiatives would be stifled too. Those people will likely not support the November amendment. The other two points were more political, but the pro-abortion people exposed themselves and the out of state dark money that paid for their campaign, which was always their claim about Republicans. The pro-issue 1 campaign had much less out of state funding (mostly from the pro-life Susan B. Anthony fund.
Very good points, especially about Democrats overestimating what Issue 1 means. It's definitely not a done deal for the amendment. A lot of people simply saw Issue 1 as something that might be bad for everyone in the long run. That doesn't mean they will support liberal abortion laws.
Also, the Tuesday election results haven't even been officially certified and another potential amendment (probably for an election next year) was introduced to eliminate qualified immunity from police officers and sovereign immunity from governments in the state allowing all kinds of lawsuits. These are the kinds of amendments usually backed by very far left groups with out of state ties.
I read a summary of the issue 1 vote in Cleveland.com yesterday. They listedd 4 takeaways. One was Frank LaRose bet big, and might be the biggest loser here. He declared his Senate candidacy during the campaign for 1, and probably will be the biggest loser in it. I think his Senate campaign is virtually over. Two, was a tactical win for the pro-abortion faction. I think they are over-estimating the win. Many conservative folks in NW Ohio voted against 1 because they felt their ability to bring initiatives would be stifled too. Those people will likely not support the November amendment. The other two points were more political, but the pro-abortion people exposed themselves and the out of state dark money that paid for their campaign, which was always their claim about Republicans. The pro-issue 1 campaign had much less out of state funding (mostly from the pro-life Susan B. Anthony fund.
Very good points, especially about Democrats overestimating what Issue 1 means. It's definitely not a done deal for the amendment. A lot of people simply saw Issue 1 as something that might be bad for everyone in the long run. That doesn't mean they will support liberal abortion laws.