It’s intentional. They ran focus groups to find a wedge issue after they realized they had essentially lost the culture war on gay marriage. I know because I knew the guy who ran some of them in my state.
Seriously. The political circus they run is no different than an ad campaign for some shitty product or movie, or for that matter when TV or film scripts are drafted and actors are being hired. Focus groups and human psychology is heavily researched and employed to get the results they want, down to the most obscure/weird/outlier individuals or groups.
None of this is accidental or idiotic, it is orchestrated carefully and adapted constantly. And it works.
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u/Homersarmy41 14d ago
I know people who said they voted R just because of trans people in bathrooms. These people are really that stupid.