Wed Jul 29, 2020, 06:21 PM

"'I failed my fellow Americans': the white women defecting from Trump"

Donald Trump’s 2016 election win may have been propelled by white working-class men, but another key group in that narrowest of victories was white women with college degrees.
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In 2020, however, after four years of tumult, there are signs that Trump has not managed to hang on to that constituency.

“I really failed my fellow American citizens,” said Claudia Luckenbach-Boman. “I’m extremely disappointed in myself, and sometimes I am really afraid to talk about it. If I were to vote again for Donald Trump in 2020, it would be just as much a failure as an American, but also a failure as a human being.”

Luckenbach-Boman was a 19-year-old college student in November 2016. From a Republican-voting family, she cast her ballot for Trump in Wisconsin, a swing state which he won by just 22,748 votes. Voting for her first time, Luckenbach-Boman said she believed Trump, as a political outsider, was the change the US needed. She quickly changed her mind.

“It was just a few months into his presidency that I realized the biggest mistake I could have made as an American citizen was not informing myself,” Luckenbach-Boman said.
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She will vote for Biden in Michigan – another key swing state Trump narrowly won in 2016 – and harbors hopes of one day running for elected office.

Luckenbach-Boman is not alone. Polling shows Biden ahead of Trump by an average of 6.4% in Wisconsin, and 8.4% in Michigan. The swing isn’t just down to white women with college degrees, but their switch has hurt Trump’s chances.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/29/women-who-voted-trump-who-regret-decision?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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"'I failed my fellow Americans': the white women defecting from Trump" (Original post)	StarfishSaver	Jul 2020	OP
I can understand someone that young and from a Republican family	tanyev	Jul 2020	#1
When I was 20 years old and in college, I cast my only ever vote for a republican.	Blue_true	Jul 2020	#12
My wife was born Republican.	lagomorph777	Jul 2020	#14
You role-modeled a better way for her, and she apparently paid attention. nt	Blue_true	Jul 2020	#16
Frankly it's the only thing we agree on in life.	lagomorph777	Jul 2020	#17
I think a number of people are in this boat ... he talked a good line for many and sucked them	RKP5637	Jul 2020	#2
With 30 years of lies about Hillary, I can see how some women got suckered	Blue_true	Jul 2020	#15
The GOP spin machine will one day bring the US down into oblivion. The GOP	RKP5637	Jul 2020	#21
The party needs to do a better job of fighting these lies.	LiberalFighter	Jul 2020	#22
I really don't know what else could have been done to fight the lies.	Blue_true	Jul 2020	#27
+1	betsuni	Jul 2020	#31
Why such a specific list?	GreenEyedLefty	Jul 2020	#34
Because the assholes on that "specific list" did nothing but attack Hillary during the Fall of 2016.	Blue_true	Jul 2020	#35
19 from a republican family. She gets a pass from me.	GulfCoast66	Jul 2020	#3
Yep. And first time voter.	ooky	Jul 2020	#10
Given your profession, it is easy enough for me to see how you would have stayed republican.	Blue_true	Jul 2020	#18
The sad thing my parents were FDR Democrats!	GulfCoast66	Jul 2020	#23
If you have friends that do this...	Cracklin Charlie	Jul 2020	#4
I likewise will cut her some slack.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Jul 2020	#5
So many people say they voted "to change things".	Boomerproud	Jul 2020	#6
It happened in Germany to a few decades back.	cstanleytech	Jul 2020	#11
This is what I don't get. What was the "change" she was looking for? SMH	Solomon	Jul 2020	#33
I was her age when I voted for a Republican.	Aristus	Jul 2020	#7
HW Bush was in some very shady business	burrowowl	Jul 2020	#29
Out of ALL the turnabout stories I've heard, this is the ONLY one I	Ferrets are Cool	Jul 2020	#8
She may harbor hopes of running for office but to vote for ANYONE who voted for Trump is...	NNadir	Jul 2020	#9
She very well could be a democrat now.	Blue_true	Jul 2020	#19
It's possible she'll grow up, but voting for Trump without much introspection suggests...	NNadir	Jul 2020	#24
She is from a republican family.	Blue_true	Jul 2020	#25
So was I.	NNadir	Jul 2020	#26
I'm glad to hear she's voting for Biden, but	crickets	Jul 2020	#13
A 19 year old woman at college.	Blue_true	Jul 2020	#20
Post removed	Post removed	Jul 2020	#28
I don't hold it against someone that young	ibegurpard	Jul 2020	#30
"I didn't think Hillary was honest about wanting to help women."	betsuni	Jul 2020	#32

Response to StarfishSaver (Original post)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 06:26 PM

tanyev (37,429 posts)

1. I can understand someone that young and from a Republican family

making that mistake. Good on her for growing up. I wonder how the rest of her family feels now?

"'I failed my fellow Americans': the white women defecting from Trump"

1. I can understand someone that young and from a Republican family

12. When I was 20 years old and in college, I cast my only ever vote for a republican.

14. My wife was born Republican.

16. You role-modeled a better way for her, and she apparently paid attention. nt

17. Frankly it's the only thing we agree on in life.

2. I think a number of people are in this boat ... he talked a good line for many and sucked them

15. With 30 years of lies about Hillary, I can see how some women got suckered

21. The GOP spin machine will one day bring the US down into oblivion. The GOP

22. The party needs to do a better job of fighting these lies.

27. I really don't know what else could have been done to fight the lies.

31. +1

34. Why such a specific list?

35. Because the assholes on that "specific list" did nothing but attack Hillary during the Fall of 2016.

3. 19 from a republican family. She gets a pass from me.

10. Yep. And first time voter.

18. Given your profession, it is easy enough for me to see how you would have stayed republican.

23. The sad thing my parents were FDR Democrats!

4. If you have friends that do this...

5. I likewise will cut her some slack.

6. So many people say they voted "to change things".

11. It happened in Germany to a few decades back.

33. This is what I don't get. What was the "change" she was looking for? SMH

7. I was her age when I voted for a Republican.

29. HW Bush was in some very shady business

8. Out of ALL the turnabout stories I've heard, this is the ONLY one I

9. She may harbor hopes of running for office but to vote for ANYONE who voted for Trump is...

19. She very well could be a democrat now.

24. It's possible she'll grow up, but voting for Trump without much introspection suggests...

25. She is from a republican family.

26. So was I.

13. I'm glad to hear she's voting for Biden, but

20. A 19 year old woman at college.

30. I don't hold it against someone that young

32. "I didn't think Hillary was honest about wanting to help women."