They do, but most of them see it the way the left does, so by clinging onto social conservatism you lose votes. I assure you that will only become more and more true as time goes on. Conservatives will abandon some of the social issues or they will cease to be relevant.
If Conservatives abandon social issues they cease to be Conservatives.
Ok since you seem particularly dense on this and how Socials issues have an impact on everything else....let me give you a quick lesson in why social issues are relevant and SHOULD be embraced and put out there in this election.
Illegal immigration. Negative effect on the economy...increases crime we all know the negative effects.
We don't have a birthrate replacement rate above what the death rate is in this country anymore.
The reason? Roe v Wade and Liberals trashing the value of the traditional family unit
Birth rate declines...that means there aren't the number of people entering the workforce that there were prior to Roe. Employers...especially small businesses and labor intensive trades have problems finding workers to fill jobs.
Solution...look the other way and hire low skilled limited education illegals at a lower wage.
Do I need to go on or are you beginning to see how on just that one social issue alone it has put us on the path we're on today when it comes to the problem we have with illegals streaming across our border and the negative impact it is having on all of us?