Local elections might take on such issues, but they are not the stuff of which a spectacular Presidential campaign is built on. These are not issues that I am required to deal with on a daily basis. Maybe I should concern myself with such issues daily, but I can live quite comfortably without ever thinking about any of these things. This is due in large part because others take on the responsibility of thinking, acting, and speaking about these issues for me. Let's look at abortion for a moment.
Few issues have the ability to upset as many people as abortion does.
Public opinion is a spectrum. The red position on abortion is Pro Choice. On the other end of the spectrum we have the violet position, Pro-Life. A lot of us are in the middle. We don't like abortion.