I was shocked to learn recently of Marco Rubio’s personal belief against abortions in the cases of rape, incest, or even when the life of the mother is in jeopardy. While he has previously supported bills with exceptions, he has very purposefully tried to tack hard to the right of even a majority of republicans by not only personally supporting no exceptions, but implying he would support legislation banning abortions with no exceptions. He then tries to have it both ways by saying he could support legislation with some exceptions as a compromise. My question is, how much does this hurt him in a theoretical general election. My gut is that his personal beliefs and his implication that he could support a bill banning all abortions with no exceptions makes him completely unelectable given that fewer than 20% of Americans agree with this position according to Gallup. He would undoubtedly try to get back to the center in a general election by stating he would support a bill with exceptions as a compromise, but I don’t think that will be good enough. Can someone who supports banning all abortions, even in cases of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is in jeopardy, a stance rejected by the past 5 Republican presidential nominees, be elected president in 2016?