biden seems to think abortion rights are why the democrats lose. it's a position that continually pops up amongst older, male democrats (sanders was pushing it near the end, too). so, he's going out of his way to reach out to anti-abortion voters (rather than attack them as the savages they are), and now he wants to talk about healthcare, instead.

this is the data on the aca:

https://www.kff.org/interactive/kff-health-tracking-poll-the-publics-views-on-the-aca/#?response=Favorable--Unfavorable&aRange=twoYear

that appears to be national.

while support for the aca may have been decisive in certain key democratic support groups during the primary, opposition to it was likely a key factor in trump's win in certain states, both from the left and the right. as a supporter of single payer, i realize the aca likely needs to be gutted and reversed before more serious progress is possible, even as i (of course) won't support undoing it.

the point is that it's not a very popular legacy of obama at all, especially not in key voting groups.

this is data on abortion:

https://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/

as we can see, support for abortion is actually increasing, and abortion rights are far more popular than the aca is.

but, biden is an out of touch 80 year-old white man, and he has attitudes that demonstrate it clearly enough. he doesn't live in reality; he's yesterday's man.

i need to call on democrats in the house and senate to distance themselves from biden, and campaign against him, if they have to. there's going to need to be legislation for abortion rights introduced in the next four years, and biden is going to have to be forced to sign it. he will need a strong pro-choice caucus banging down his door to get him to do it.

that is, if he wins at all - and his decision to prioritize the wrong concerns could be fatal, truly.