You wanted them to run during NFL games. I understand why you might not think about intimate partner abuse that often, but it's a more significant issue than you think (I suspect). And I'm not only talking about violence. There are other forms of domestic abuse.
I think this is a huge story that isn't being talked about enough, and I'll tell you why: it's not been captured in the polls. The polls all say it's a tied race. Fine. Maybe they are wrong, but we don't know which direction, so take them at face value for now. A lot of things like poor minority support for Kamala, Arabs who don't want to vote for a Dem -- these effects have already been captured.
But conservative women being afraid of their husbands over voting for Kamala? That is unlikely to be captured in the polls, or at least not fully captured. A women who is worried about their vote being discovered probably isn't going to answer poll questions honestly if their husbands are anywhere in the vicinity. She might tell the pollster Trump, and then vote for Kamala.
How big is this group? Hard to say, of course, but I've been on this story for over a week. The reason that I started to dig on it was the turnout pattern in Arizona. The gender gap between male and female voting has long been more of a Dem phenomenon. That's not surprising, given that Dems are less likely to have traditional views about how married people should behave. But this year, there was a gender gap between Republican women and men. So why? Maybe just a coincidence. Or maybe conservative wives were voting without their husbands present. Again, if 2% of conservative women vote Kamala after telling pollsters they are voting Trump, that's big in a tight election.
Remember that victims of intimate partner violence are often easily intimidated. In large measure, intimidation is the whole point. There are some sickos who like to take out their frustrations on their wives, but I doubt many enjoy the process of the beating. But they sure do like the control. And the intimidation. So a woman who goes to vote with her husband -- at the very least, she's going to be cajoled. She might be afraid that he will find a way to see what she's doing. Again, if you've been beaten before, and fear being beaten again -- is a vote really worth the risk? A vote that almost certainly will not affect the election? But even better is voting by yourself. Early.
P.S. I don't mean easily as a derogatory term, as if they are weak people. I just mean they are sensitive, given their life experience.
