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Polls have shown the majority of the country doesn't support gay marriage. I'm not saying I think that makes being anti gay marriage right but the more Democrats seem to support Gay Marriage than do Republicans is my take. Thus IMO this issue costs the Democrats votes.
[/ QUOTE ]Democrats do not "support" gay marriage either. You can't use different variables for the public and the Democratic party and make comparisons between the two.
The Democratic Party supports legal agreements that provide equal rights as married couples. So does the public by around 53-40 (as per the latest Pew poll).[ QUOTE ]
The Democrats support higher taxes, look at the 2004 platform for the Democrats.
[/ QUOTE ]They support higher taxes for those making over 200,000.
Let's look at the public again:
http://www.pollingreport.com/budget.htm
Oh, what's that? Only 39% of America supports Bush's tax cuts?[ QUOTE ]
On foreign relations how long did Kerry and Biden praddle about bringing in France and the U.N. to help in Iraq during the 2004 campaign?
[/ QUOTE ]Are you even trying to say something here?[ QUOTE ]
Which party has the most liberal stance on abortion rights?
[/ QUOTE ]The better question to fit your hypotheses is "which party best represents public opinion on abortion?" The answer is the Democratic Party. The reason abortion may even out or even possibly help Republicans more is that there are more fervent pro-life people than there are fervent pro-choice people. This could also be the case with gay marriage although I haven't seen any data on that explanation yet.
This is why I and many Democratic strategists want Roe v Wade overturned- because it would fire up the pro-choice crowd and force Republican leaders to actually take action on abortion instead of hiding behind Roe v Wade and yelling about it. Only a few states have a majority who want to ban abortion, and their electoral votes are few.