Do you think this scenario is rare or common enough to be a worry?

[LAS14]

- There are the "strong man" Trumpers. Those who take delight in his lies and disregard of norms.

- There are the single issue Trumpers, particularly the evangelical right to lifers.

- In some homes the man fills out the ballots for all members of his household. Either because he's a "strong man" or because he's "head of the household."

- Given the definite divide between men and women regarding Trump et. al. one can assume that some of these ballots were stolen from the person who should have gotten the vote. That is, some female family members wouldn't have voted the way their man did.

I'm absolutely certain this has happened. I just don't know how often.

What do you think?

tia
las

[Squinch]

1. There isn't anything we can do about that. I wager, though, that you are right and that

is not an uncommon occurrence in evangelical households.

You know, with the handmaids and whatnot.

[Claustrum]

2. Yup. That's why one guy was arrested for voter fraud for voting for his dead mother.

That's just one guy that got caught. There are many others who didn't. How many and if it's number can affect the final outcome is hard to tell though.

[rownesheck]

3. You only have to look at someone

like Amy Coney Barrett. You know her husband doesn't let her vote. There are probably millions out there like that. Remember those Duggar people? Lots of those quivverfull types.

[relayerbob]

4. See my thread posted at almost the same time.

It is a huge problem. "Strength" is misdefined in this country, and it's not changing any time soon

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214447133

[pfitz59]

5. Trumpies are basically "Tories"

They want a "King." Their type have been around since the American Revolution. They need a "Strong Man" to tell them what to do, how to think, who to hate. They are weak and submissive. For all their posturing and bluster these "macho" Trumpies are frightened little sheep.

[The Magistrate]

6. No Way To Gauge, Sir

I would expect the highest concentrations in fundamentalist Christian homes, where 'headship' is taken seriously, whether benignly or abusively. In the former case, the wife would not likely feel herself deprived, or differ much from her husband's in her opinions.

[stillcool]

7. I think it's going to take some evidence

to understand this election. That is if anybody actually cares enough to find out with some sense of truth, logic, and certainly what happened. The idea that whatever is said by the heralded media the night of and the day after an election would be seen as absolute, is stunning. A bridge too far for me.

[soothsayer]

8. Women can vote? That might come as a surprise to those you describe

[marylandblue]

9. Doubt it's a big problem. I suspect the woman does what her husband says anyway.

If she voted in person, she wouldn't vote differently. And if her husband didn't tell her, she still an conservative Christian who thinks the same way.

[IVoteDFL]

10. No cause for worry at all

If this is occuring on a scale large enough to even matter. Those women were probably going to vote for Trump anyway. I also don't believe the divide is as large for women as we had hoped. I don't understand why but plenty of women, especially white women voted for Trump in '16. I haven't seen demographics yet for this election but I don't believe much has changed on that front.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. It's pretty simple. White women voters have broken for Democratic presidential candidates only

twice since 1952. Nothing more nefarious than plain old white supremacy.

[LAS14]

12. Opinion from my daughter.

married men all over twitter tweet about how they get two votes. married women on twitter say they like being told how to vote.

that’s just twitter, but it’s definitely for sure a real thing.