Roe served as a very useful foil for Republican candidates and voters alike, allowing them keep the pro-life base happy in proposing and supporting extreme abortion restrictions that they knew wouldn't stand up in court. It also allowed more moderate Republican voters to continue supporting those candidates whose abortion policies were more extreme than they'd prefer with the understanding that Roe would serve as a bulwark.
Roe's reversal definitely complicates the environment now for GOP candidates. In many places, such as Virginia, a total ban on abortion is simply not politically feasible. The Democrats will also find themselves needed to defend their "abortion at any time for any reason up to the moment of birth" platform, a position that is just as unpopular with the American majority as total bans are.
Compromise laws will be necessary to win in purple states. People here who doubt this can see what happens when they put forward candidates who are fighting for total bans and these candidates lose handedly to the Democrats.
Yessir! I too believe that’s the political reality on the ground in many, maybe even most, states.