Do you think this changes the election outlook

[Proud liberal 80]

Does this make voters come out for Trump....to me everyone knew that RBG was going to get replaced by the next POTUS anyway, so how does this really change anything?

[soothsayer]

1. Won't he do it even if he loses?

[LizBeth]

2. Right and the people it does matter to are already there with Trump in his 40%. Those angry or

disgusted with Trump are still disgusted and this may turn them off even more and the bankruptcy of hypocrisy with Republicans. They didn't plan to vote before and I see no reason the SC would be their reason to go back to him, when it did not matter this morning.

[Proud liberal 80]

7. This is exactly my take

[rockfordfile]

3. No

[Thekaspervote]

4. I don't think it will. It will mobilize Dems, maybe some repukes but not as much

The descent republicans will never vote for trump. His cult, if you ask them about SCOTUS, they wouldn’t have a clue. So nothing changes there

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. No.

If anything I think Democrats will be more energized than ever. I'm watching on TV the huge crowd gathering in front of the Supreme Court building, evidence of how much RBG meant to so many people. This has never happened at the death of any other Supreme Court justice.

[abqtommy]

6. No. tRUMP won't win the election in 2020 just like 2016 but watch out for the ratfucking...

[MFM008]

8. this is going to motivate a lot of people

women
undecideds
democrats
period.

[Under The Radar]

9. There will be a evangelical rally cry on this one .

[Proud liberal 80]

11. But they are already strongly behind Trump

And are already likely voters

[Under The Radar]

17. No that has been the complaint , the loss of Christian voters

especially with the Pope saying that Trump isn’t a Christian and the Mormons not able to swallow Trumps vulgar ways.

[not_the_one]

10. I think most women will finally realize that Roe v Wade, is LITERALLY in the crosshairs...

and get out the vote. The focus is going to become razor sharp.

Sure it is going to motivate the women haters, but there are a LOT more women than there are women haters.

[Proud liberal 80]

12. But it seems like there a lot of right wing women

Who would like it

[liskddksil]

13. No, it was going to be a close race and it will still be a close race. We need to

fight like we are down 10 points every moment between now and when Biden and Harris have their hands on the bible on 1/20.

[sheshe2]

14. Trump supporters,

Trump supporters, most of them have no clue what the Supreme Court is or does.

Link to tweet

[radius777]

15. RBG is an icon and will energize the left and women voters

in a way that Biden himself could not. This would be seen as the ultimate insult if McConnell/Trump could shove through a right wing anti-woman justice - violating the 'McConnell rule' that we should 'let the voters decide' in an election year.

The soccer moms and independents were already trending Dem/Biden and this should accellerate that trend, imo.

[Proud liberal 80]

19. But what if he nominates a woman

Yeah she would be a right wing crazy, but wouldn’t any attack on her seem like an attack on woman and hurt with the “soccer moms”

[radius777]

20. No, because the soccer moms and dads are socially liberal

and pro-choice and respect RBG and what she stood for.

Trump and McConnel's thuggery has shifted some conservative male Dem voters in the Midwest to the GOP. But in politics every action has an equal but opposite reaction. And many liberal/moderate Repub women since then have been moving in our direction - making the 2018 Blue Wave possible - and shifting states like AZ and NC as possible Biden wins this time.

[crickets]

22. Agreed. Dems, especially women, will be more determined than ever to vote. nt

[Johnny2X2X]

16. It's an unknown.

This race was going great. Biden is heavily favored to win. Anything new in the mix is unwelcome. So I don’t know.

[kentuck]

18. Excellent question!

I don't see how it can increase Republican turnout? Since they have now got the SC Justice they would have been voting for?

That will no longer be the primary reason many Republicans go to vote.

It's a complicated question but I do not see this helping Republicans in this election.

[0rganism]

21. seems like a wash to me

my hot-take sense is telling me for every additional voter swayed to Trump there's at least one undermotivated voter who'll be pissed off and vote against him.

[DirkLerxst]

23. Here's how it changes things: Because the GOP is going to replace her BEFORE the election

[Baclava]

24. One big thing, Covid19 gets shoved off the front pages, its gonna be all about the Supreme Court!

Its shaking everything up

[roamer65]

25. Yes.

The blue tsunami just got bigger.

[Rice4VP]

26. Agreed, we knew the next president would

replace her. Their base is already rabid and obsessed with the courts and abortion but maybe this will energize the liberals and women...even some republicans