For most American voters, the government is too complicated and few understand the system and how decisions get made (nobody understands the Supreme Court) For professional observers it was maybe incidental to hating Hillary Clinton, plus everyone including RBG seemed to believe RBG was immortal

True but there was literally an open seat on Election Day! Should have reminded people the stakes

let's not forget the media was telling people this isn't a real issue

Mark Udall has been dubbed ‘Mark Uterus’ on the campaign trail. That’s a problem.

The "war on women" message has its limits.