Voting On Abortion

TEH GREAT STATE of Kansas, irreedemably conservative, popularly voted by a wide margin, nearly sixty forty, to in, essence keep abortion legal in the Sunflower State. Right wing pro birth extremist Trump types immediatley claimed that the election was stolen, that it was riddled with fraud, and that in actuality the people of Kansas voted by a landslide to outlaw abortion. It is not yet known whether and when an angry mob of Republicans will storm the state capitol and ransack the joint, and perhaps kill a few liberals. The referendum was expected to be close, but wasn't.In one of the most right wing states in the union, they the people amde known and reminded usthat we the American people want access to legal abortion. supposedly, the divide between pro choice and pro birth America is rather close, with a slim majority favoring pro choice. Now, this assumption is suspect. It may well be that a vast majority of the American population favor legalized abortion, with, of course, restrictions and limitations. the voter turnout in Kansas was extremel high; nearly twice the normal turnout. Abortion is obviously an issue which brings people out to vote, and would probably attract a large turnout in a national referendum, a national referendum being quite possibly the best possible solution to the question, a solution which could and would, in theory, end the controversy forever. but in these united states, we are relutant to let people vote too often, on too many issues. After all, that's what our political leaders are for, and heaven foribd that we should actually become a democracy, especially a direct one, rather than a republic. In states where the demise of Roe v Wade is bmboldening Republican state legislatures and governores to enact severe restrictions on abortion access, in several cases banning the proceedure altogether, the wishes of the majority are being ignored, the people are being governed by a minority extremist political party with a minority extremist agenda, not only concerning abortion rights, but most other issues as well. Does a majority of Americans want to ban books in public schools because some books express acceptance of gay and transgender people? No, absolutely not. Does a majority of Americans want to make it more difficult to vote, as Justice Alito says: "merely inconvenient", in order to address a mythological nonexistant problem with widespread election fraud? No, according to all surveys. And the list goes on. An American majority is progressive on all issues, including abortion rights. The struggle now is to return government to the majority, which usually but not always knows best, contrary to the beliefs of the nation's founders (except for Jefferson), who gave us a republican form of government which places power in the hands of an elite, aristocratic minority. Our hope, and perhaps the best kept secret of all; is that we the people, by voting in large numbers for progressive causes, can overwhelm the extremist far right wing with sheer numbers, representing the wishes of the people at large. Let the revolution at the ballot box begin.