a lot of people seem to have this idea that expanding the supreme court is electoral forbidden fruit - like it will result in some big backlash from independent and undecided votes and ultimately hurt democrats.
i really think this isn’t true. the supreme court in general is something that is considered very important by partisan people. its not nearly as important for undecided voters because the more you know about the supreme court, the more likely you are to recognize its significance and exclusively support one party.
republicans definitely know this which is why they held Scalia’s seat open for almost a year and rammed through ACB with no regard for procedure. they know this isn’t going to turn off undecided voters and will get them huge support from their base.
at first people are gonna be mad at the idea of expanding SCOTUS because its new but once the judges are nominated and going through confirmation hearings, the whole process becomes a referendum on them. support for confirming ACB rose from 37 to 51 percent in just a few weeks, and she didn’t even answer any meaningful questions.
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once you get highly qualified judges in front of congress and have republicans shamelessly attacking them, the american people are going to support the confirmation process because the typical independent voter doesn’t care that much about the Supreme Court.
you know what they do care about? COVID-19 handling, economic recovery, health care, climate change, police and criminal justice reform - if dems deliver on these issues and pack the court, they are not going to be vulnerable