According to Julie Pace of the Associated Press, Democrats have failed to change many minds. According to focus groups, voters – particularly swing voters – aren’t inclined to act based on the public relations push coming from the White House and its allies.
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The AP‘s Julie Pace explained on CNN‘s "Inside Politics" that the lack of voter interest in the SCOTUS debate is a "reality check" for Democrats. “I sat in on some focus groups this past week with both swing voters and Republican voters, and some of the questions they were asked were about the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland. And this was a real reality check for anyone in Washington who thinks that this issue is really animating voters across the country. I was so struck by how these voters seemed comply uninterested in the nomination fight. Among the swing voters, not one of them said that this was something that would really impact their vote in the fall. And even among the Republican voters who felt like this nomination should wait until the next president, almost none felt like this was an issue that was going to affect their vote either in the presidential race or in their Senate race.”
This is hardly the first report indicating that Democrats are failing to make headway with voters.
FLASHBACK:
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The Washington Post, 4/14/16: "Democrats hit brick wall in Supreme Court fight…the Democrats’ toolbox appears to be emptying quickly."
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The Washington Post, 4/4/16: "The all-out Democratic advocacy blitz during the two-week recess… has produced no discernible impact…"
- CNN’s Manu Raju, 4/5/16: "The Democratic pressure campaign isn’t yielding much in terms of results."
The ‘politically convenient fairy tale’ being spun by the White House and Harry Reid has failed to gain any traction – and voters will have a say in the future of the Supreme Court whether Democrats like it or not.