And one reason for the opinion swing: the Republican Party’s deranged obsession with controlling women’s reproductive rights, and the very revealing statements by people like Todd Akin and other highly placed right wingers.

Which is why the GOP is hell bent on things like Voter ID laws, making the Electoral College proportional, and gerrymandering themselves into safety.

Once people see what the Republican party actually stands for, they lose. When people like Akin and Mourdock started pulling the curtain back, the effect was instant.