But fear of appearing mean usually stampedes the party into supporting flawed social legislation. In New York, most renovations of a bathroom or a kitchen require making the facilities wheelchair accessible, even if it's a private dwelling, with no known wheelchair users in the family or neighborhood. Stop running away from majority opinion. When they are out in the open under their own name, clear majorities strike them down, as they did in California and Washington State. But Republicans didn't help at all in Washington and actually hurt the effort in California.
Preferences represent the flawed racial politics of the past.
They are fading because Americans want openness and equal opportunity, not rigged results. Republicans should pay attention to majority opinions on abortion, too. Republicans should be unembarrassed about campaigning on these issues as a way of bringing abortion law and practice in line with the moral sentiments of most Americans. The obvious corollary to this is that Republicans should be reluctant to legislate views that majorities do not accept. There should be room on Republican tickets for people who have moral objections to abortion but who are unwilling to impose those objections on others.