⁍ The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the stakes in the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate.
⁍ It has forced embattled Republican incumbents to choose between trying to appeal to moderate voters or hoping to fire up a conservative base.
⁍ Polls show Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leading Trump ahead of the November election.
– With the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the next Supreme Court justice could shape the court’s decisions on everything from abortion to campaign finance rules. Here’s what you need to know: The stakes: The death of Ginsburg gives President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a chance to cement a conservative majority on the court while leaving Democrats with a chance to win control of the Senate, Reuters reports. Democrats would need a net gain of three seats to take over the chamber, and with the court vacancy coming so near the Nov. 3 presidential and congressional elections, Democrats argue that the voters should weigh in before Trump and McConnell rush to fill the seat. ‘There are those people who have a hypocrisy meter and it just offends them,’ says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. ‘You’re going to lose someone in this.’
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-court-ginsburg-senate/death-of-us-supreme-courts-ginsburg-raises-stakes-in-battle-for-senate-control-idUSL2N2GG026