I am a registered Independent and as I said consider myself a JFK Democrat.  As I think the family is the bedrock of society (since the economy is stable) my primary concern is so-called social issues.  Over the last 75 years my parents with one wage-earning working man launched 6 kids from the working class to the middle class.  Now all are home-owning suburbanites.  So with the long range economy sound I support the stability of the family.  Whether politicians raise money around this is not my focus.  My concern is too many out of wedlock children and a coarsening of our public square.  Too many abortions, too many divorces, too many unwed mothers, too many children growing up without a father, these are my concerns.  To make a mockery of marriage does not help society.  But you are right, the Republicans had no litmus test like the Democrats, so we unfortunately got Republican appointed pro-abortion jurists.  You never get a pro-life Democrat.