For Democrats: Which of these two positions are better "litmus tests?"

[All Along The Watchtower]

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[White Trash]

Second option. I will not vote for any candidate in a Democratic primary unless they strongly support union rights.

[ApatheticAustrian]

For me still  the second option, even while it am a strong defender of abortion rights but this is a personal question, imho.

[NeverAgain]

Obviously the second one. Women's Rights is extremely important to me, but Abortion should not be the be all and end all issue. I would much rather vote for a moderate, pro-labor, anti-abortion politician than a pro-choice, anti-labor one.

[Beet]

Option 1. Since I have no hope of winning the poll, I will try to win the argument: abortion is a matter of fundamental human rights, while labor is a matter of the distribution of wealth. There are other, non-union ways to help labor.

[Illiniwek]

As a pro-lifer, I would prefer the latter.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Option 1. Since I have no hope of winning the poll, I will try to win the argument: abortion is a matter of fundamental human rights, while labor is a matter of the distribution of wealth. There are other, non-union ways to help labor.

there could be but the cold reality says otherwise.

either you need hard pro-labor laws or a strong labor movement, lose both and you get unbalanced crypto-capitalism.

[RINO Tom]

Option 1. Since I have no hope of winning the poll, I will try to win the argument: abortion is a matter of fundamental human rights, while labor is a matter of the distribution of wealth. There are other, non-union ways to help labor.

I think that's a pretty decent argument, but I'm hardly the person you want in your corner to win this argument among Democrats.

[MAINEiac4434]

Option 1. Since I have no hope of winning the poll, I will try to win the argument: abortion is a matter of fundamental human rights, while labor is a matter of the distribution of wealth. There are other, non-union ways to help labor.

Yup. Both are important. But access to abortion is a fundamental right.

[Santander]

In principle, the second option is more palatable, because such a litmus test for abortions is an extremely close-minded enforcement of a specific interpretation of the metaphysical concept of life, but using the term "unflinching" in the context of labor rights is unproductive and is exactly what is wrong with some parts of organized labor today.

[Xing]

Option 2, but option 1 is also important.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I wouldn't make either of those a dealbreaker if the candidate was significantly better than their opponent on most other issues.

[Mr. Smith]

2nd.

[Devout Centrist]

Neither, but I'm not a Democrat so I wouldn't know

[LLR]

Should be the second, though i recognize that for most people it is, unfortunately, the first.

[DavidB.]

Should be the second, though i recognize that for most people it is, unfortunately, the first.

Not a Democrat, but this.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Obviously the second one. Women's Rights is extremely important to me, but Abortion should not be the be all and end all issue. I would much rather vote for a moderate, pro-labor, anti-abortion politician than a pro-choice, anti-labor one.