堕胎政治可能使共和党人失去弗吉尼亚州议会

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2023年11月4日,弗吉尼亚州斯特林的克劳德·摩尔娱乐中心外,一个“鲁塞特·佩里竞选州参议员”的标志,这是早期的亲自投票地点之一。

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维吉尼亚州利斯堡——在维吉尼亚州的非年度选举中,堕胎可能被证明是决定成败的问题,而在传统上,这是美国的风向标。随着选举日的临近,两党都在冲向终点线:双方的目标都是在一个立法院保持微弱多数,并在另一个立法院获得压倒性优势。

为了实现这一目标,双方都希望影响独立选民,并提高其基础选民的投票率。正如父母权利问题帮助弗吉尼亚州共和党州长格伦·扬金(Glenn Youngkin)在2021年赢得了独立人士甚至民主党人的支持,赢得了选举一样,堕胎问题这次似乎对民主党候选人起到了同样的作用。

因此,扬金先生小心翼翼地踩着。几个月前,他概述了他对堕胎的官方立场,允许在怀孕15周内堕胎,但在强奸、乱伦和危及母亲生命的情况下允许例外。随后,许多共和党州和地方候选人相应地调整了他们的政策。

另一方面,民主党人则表示,共和党的堕胎政策是禁止堕胎,是对妇女生育权利的侵犯。

与许多其他共和党主导的州不同,在美国最高法院于2022年6月推翻罗伊诉韦德案后,弗吉尼亚州尚未修改其堕胎法——目前允许晚期堕胎。最新的裁决不再认为堕胎是一项宪法权利,并将堕胎的决定权交还给各州。共和党没有试图概述其堕胎政策中晚期限制的细节,而是试图将选民的注意力集中在父母在教育方面的权利上。

在竞争激烈的州参议院31区(由劳顿县和福基尔县的一部分组成),两名候选人现在将测试这两个问题在吸引选票方面的实力。

39岁的民主党候选人拉塞特·佩里(Russet Perry)曾是中央情报局(CIA)官员和县检察官,她的主要竞选议题是堕胎;35岁的共和党候选人胡安·巴勃罗·塞古拉(Juan Pablo Segura)是一名企业家,他誓言要保护父母的权利,让他们在决定孩子的教育内容方面有发言权。

劳顿县是全国保护父母权利斗争的起点,正是这个问题巩固了杨金在2021年11月在这个此前坚定的蓝色州的胜利。他在劳登县公立学校行政大楼外宣布,他将在公立学校禁止批判种族理论——一种准马克思主义的意识形态,认为美国存在系统性的种族主义——之后,他的竞选活动就开始了。他用行政命令兑现了他的承诺。

与此同时,在最高法院对罗伊诉韦德案做出裁决期间,民主党的非黑即白的信息传递之后,共和党对堕胎的微妙态度在与公众沟通方面更具挑战性。

事实上,一些分析人士说,低估民主党在堕胎问题上传达的信息的影响,是共和党在去年11月三场激烈的国会选举中只赢得一场的原因之一,这导致共和党在众议院中只占微弱多数,与人们经常谈论的“红色浪潮”相反。

弗吉尼亚州今年的选举结果会重蹈2021年或2022年的覆辙吗?

鲍比·C (Bobby C.)是一名销售人员,自认为是独立人士,他从利斯堡的劳登县选举办公室(Loudoun County Election Office)出来时说,他这次投了混合票,这取决于“与我的意识形态是否一致”。他拒绝透露自己的姓氏。

鲍比说,他很认真地对待投票,在提前面对面投票的最后一天等了一个多小时才投票。“人们为我们的投票权而死,”他补充说。下一次亲自投票的机会将在11月7日的选举日。

相反,他投票给佩里是基于她的“总体背景”,包括她为国家服务的经验。

C先生离开投票站时,波比和霍华德·霍尔库姆在外面排队等候投票。

自认为是保守派的霍尔科姆说,她倾向于投票给共和党,但并不总是如此。例如,她说她会投票给佩里,因为塞古拉“在女权问题上立场极端”。她不相信扬金先生的15周堕胎限制政策,称他“不稳定”。她担心他会为了受欢迎而改变政策。

然而,她说她将投票给现任共和党治安官迈克·查普曼。在她看来,一个全县的治安官办公室可能比地方警察局更有效。“警察需要进化;

这个自称为保守派的投票选择似乎强调了民主党代表安吉利亚·威廉姆斯·格雷夫斯(Angelia Williams Graves)在民主党势力强大的诺福克地区竞选弗吉尼亚州参议员的话。

11月3日,她在民主党的一个虚拟论坛上说,“我认为,支持堕胎的共和党男女将成为帮助我们颠覆众议院、扩大参议院的秘密暗流。”她指的是民主党目前在州参议院的微弱多数。

民主党众议员唐·拜尔(dn - va)在同一论坛上强调,对民主党人来说,阻止共和党人同时赢得州参众两院至关重要。他说,在重新划分选区后,防止共和党人在第一次全州范围的竞选中成为现任者是至关重要的,因为现任者很难被推翻。

劳顿县监事会(Loudoun County Board of Supervisors)现任主席菲利斯·兰德尔(Phyllis Randall)正在竞选连任,她补充说,民主党人在弗吉尼亚州的胜利,将会抑制扬金不断上升的知名度,并阻止这位保守的共和党人担任国家公职。

扬金一直在最后一刻的集会上为共和党候选人做游说,最后一次集会安排在劳顿县(Loudoun County)的一个足球场举行,是塞古拉。

11月4日,塞古拉来到利斯堡的提前投票地点,向选民发表讲话,其中略多于一半的人拿着一张蓝色的纸,即民主党的样本选票。更多的共和党选民在下午4点之后出现。下午4:30过后,距离投票站关门还有半小时,几乎所有排队的人都拿着共和党的象牙样票。

“你能支持我吗?”塞古拉问了一些选民。

“如果你们雇用我,我会非常努力地为你们工作,”他对其他人说,借用了扬金的表达方式。扬金经常对弗吉尼亚人说,“谢谢你们雇用我。”

许多拿着象牙纸的人给了塞古拉肯定的回答。然而,持蓝单的人一致反对的是“妇女权利”。塞古拉试图解释说,这不是禁令,而是“为期15周的妥协”,但选民们的反应是空洞的目光。

The parental rights issue, however, has attracted votes for Mr. Segura.

He got a vote from Leah, who moved to Loudoun County 17 years ago, partly for its schools. She didn’t want to share her last name. She has three children in the Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) system—two in high school and one in elementary school.

“Parents need to have a voice in their children’s education,” she told The Epoch Times, adding that the gender issue has been “very confusing” for children and their parents. She referred to the LCPS policy that requires students and staff to call students by their preferred pronouns and allows students to use restrooms by their self-identified gender.

“My campaign is focused on a message of being Successful Together. While my opponent and her allies try to scare people, I’m offering a vision for the future of Virginia. That vision includes safe communities. It includes a creative approach to problem-solving that brings people together. And it includes improved schools so our kids can get a better education,” Mr. Segura told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement on Nov. 5.

He continued: “I want to make sure parents are empowered. I want to make sure school boards and administrators are held accountable, which is why I’ve committed to immediately introducing legislation that mandates schools notify parents and students after an overdose. There is so much at stake, so I’m encouraging voters of all backgrounds to get to the polls and vote!”

Karen, an electrical designer, also voted for Mr. Segura. She declined to disclose her last name because her 15-year-old daughter goes to Stone Bridge High School, where a gender-fluid boy raped a teenage girl in the girl’s bathroom in May 2021. The boy was then transferred to a different high school and sexually assaulted another girl a few months later. The boy was eventually convicted and sentenced last year.

LCPS has been in the national spotlight since the Spring of 2021 due to the parents’ fight to reject critical race theory in their children’s education. Last December, the school board fired the former superintendent without cause after a special grand jury documented the school system’s mishandling of the sexual assaults.

Karen told The Epoch Times that she wanted boys and girls to simply go to separate bathrooms.

Both parties have spent millions on their candidates. In addition to winning over independents, ensuring base voter turnout has been a crucial focus.

Outside of the Fairfax County Government Center, a main early-voting site providing all northern Virginia ballots, Kelly, a Republican, said she didn’t think Republican voters were as charged as in 2021. She remained “cautiously hopeful” that the Republicans would keep the lower chamber in the state legislature.

She was concerned about the momentum on the other side as she refused to disclose her last name. “The passion comes out when you come from behind,” she told The Epoch Times on Nov. 4, referring to Democrats’ loss of the executive mansion and state House in 2021. “The abortion issue alone will bring out a lot of Democrat voters.”

Also in Fairfax, a Democrat voter said she was motivated to vote this season.

“I am trying to send a signal to Governor Youngkin that I will continue to vote complete Democrat ballot every time until I start hearing about Youngkin making sense with regard to schools, diversity, abortion, and protecting our communities in ensuring that we are kind to one another,” she told The Epoch Times, preferring to remain anonymous.

两党都在努力争取选票。扬金一直在推动提前投票,这在共和党选民中通常不受欢迎。据位于里士满的监督机构“弗吉尼亚公共访问项目”(Virginia Public Access Project)称,共和党在提前投票中的份额比2021年(大选日6天前)的上一次全州竞选增加了3%。

马苏玛·哈克公司附于报告。

From The Epoch Times

 

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