Polling has shown that such policies aren’t popular, but some GOP-controlled states are still not ready to move on from them.
In the first few days of this year, lawmakers in several states have already introduced, or carried over from previous sessions, bills to continue their assault on progressive ideals — an escalation of the culture wars that have become central to Republican agendas in recent years, despite a lukewarm response from voters.
Polling indicates that even some GOP voters aren’t particularly convinced that waging war on equality or progressive ideals should be the top priority for elected officials, and the 2022 and 2023 elections proved that they’re not always persuasive policy ideas. Still, some GOP-controlled states are not ready to move on from them.