Jaw-dropping numbers: A huge surge in women registering to vote since the 6/24 Dobbs decision.

[kpete]

Wow. I've been sharing data showing a huge surge in women registering to vote since the 6/24 Dobbs decision. I just started to look at some age and party breakdowns of those new registrants, and the numbers are jaw-dropping.

Starting in PA, where women have accounted for >56% of new registrants in that time period. Those women new registrants are 62%D to 15% R and 54% are under the age of 25. Compare that to men new registrants at 41%

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https://digbysblog.net/2022/08/20/battle-ready-women/

New registrants in PA post Dobbs decision: +30% Dem. New registrants in PA pre-Dobbs decision: +4% Dem.

In NC, pre-Dobbs, new registrants +1 GOP. Post-Dobbs, +5 Dem.

Link to tweet

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[llmart]

1. Very good news indeed!

Somehow I keep believing that it's the women of this country that are going to save us.

I've also always believed that it will be women that take Trump down, starting with Lynn Cheney.

[jimfields33]

17. Her mother?

[Pinback]

36. One romance novel at a time.

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/l_anon/lynne-cheney-wrote-a-lesbian-romance-novel-what-wi-t4120671.html

[Saboburns]

38. I credit women for saving us in 2020

And think the strength of our party are our outstanding, numerous, youngish women who won state and federal elections many of whom are minorities. Such an impressive group!



Thank you ladies!

[onecaliberal]

2. Not surprising.

They will not control us.

[calimary]

47. Damn right!

[Diamond_Dog]

3. SO good to hear. 👍

[redstatebluegirl]

4. Never underestimate the power of a pissed off woman!

I certainly am in that category, I am MORE than pissed! I have been registering people, many first time voters, many college students. When they offer a reason why now, 99 percent of them say Roe. The Republicans should be very very afraid. If this is the case in bright red Oklahoma think about what it is like in the purple states.

[Traildogbob]

12. Damn straight.

I just turned 70, and with that comes wisdom, (not so much with MAGA’s, you gotta be willing to learn) and it did not take 70 years to realize never to piss off a woman. I am terrified of pissed off women. That’s how I made it to 70, and tend to live much longer, and never pissing off a woman gives me that chance.
Go women! Time to use that built up rage and take control of your lives. I stand with you.

[BlueSky3]

70. Thanks, Bob

The men who care about women need to stand with us.

[Traildogbob]

74. I stand with you

“Never” in front, right by your side, equal, and proud to be considered equal to a woman. Hope I can just live up to being equal to the power, brilliance, resilience and bravery of a woman. Men are nothing without women. Our species would end, as it should, without the guidance of a strong woman. I have a daughter, raised her alone from 10 until now, 32. We lost her amazing mother to cancer who fought like hell to be here with her daughter. Her mom, and her have taught me the strength and power of women. Everyday, I find strength through tough times from my daughter and the memory of her mother. The Palin’s, MFG’s, Boeberts, Fox Barbie’s, and every woman Bowing to trump are a disgrace to women and represent a hollow weak fraction that think they need men’s approval for success. I stand “beside” all the others that demand independence and equality. And so deserve that respect. I Always will.

[Sky Jewels]

5. Oh hell yeah!

Come on, ladies, let's kick the GOP in the 'nads ... HARD!!!

[Justice matters.]

6. The selfie generation: The battle for their life.

Their Freedom To Choose.

Elections didn't matter for them until... It's their fight now.

(And ours for them.)

[LisaM]

22. I'll take it, but....

If they could only have been energized before, this would not have happened, and don't give me that Malarkey on how they have to be "inspired" by a candidate. That's very selfish. I often ponder how the people who were so excited by Obama then proceeded to disappear for the mid-terms, failing to give him the tools he needed to accomplish his goals.

[Sky Jewels]

27. Actually, young people saved the country in 2020.

They came out in big numbers to vote D. If it were up to the older, white people only, Dear Leader would now be dictator for life.

[Saboburns]

39. Here here!

Absolutely they did.

[LisaM]

41. Sorry, where were they in 2016?

They gave the country away. Now they are heroes?

[AntivaxHunters]

42. Where were they in 2016?

Backing Bernie.

Quit blaming young voters. Not cool.
Hillary won the popular vote. She should've been POTUS. Go blame the Electoral College because where the real problem is. Not young voters.

[Mariana]

58. They may have backed Bernie in the primaries

but the overwhelming majority of Bernie supporters cast their ballots for Clinton in the general. The majority of old voters cast their ballots for Trump, but somehow, they aren't responsible for anything he's done. Such hypocrisy.

[AntivaxHunters]

62. Indeed

[Sky Jewels]

44. Um, why not blame the older white voters for Trump?

Those assholes are the ones that cursed us with that POS. I’m a white Gen Xer, almost a Boomer, and I’m sick of people dumping on Gen Z and Millennials. Those voters are far more progressive (of course these are generalizations) than those born before 1980 or so. I entered high school when Reagan was elected, and a lot of my age cohort is still very right wing. As the post-1980 born age they’ll make up an ever-increasing share of voters and will vote more regularly, just like the generations that came before them. Anecdotally, my kids are early-mid 20s and are VERY liberal, as are their friends.

[slightlv]

49. I do like what I'm seeing in the female side, especially, of the younger

generations being much more liberal. But I'm one of those old white geezers who've been liberal all her life. Marched for women's lib and civil rights way back when it was just as violent as it is today. And this was in small town Kansas. After a stint in the military and living 20 years in NM and TX, came back to KS to find it nearly as bad as when I left it and started raising holy hell once again. Only this time, I amazingly found just as many like me, my age, who were doing the same.

So there's a lot of us old hippies who didn't lose our sense of ethics or morality or sell out to corporations for money and materialism and an easy road. We're still trying to fight the good fight, through chronic pain with canes and some even with walkers... or doing phone banking or talks with anyone who'll listen. After all, we lived through the dystopia of the Viet Nam madness, Kent State, and Nixon years. We do have some experience for people to draw from, build on, and make their own. We may be poor $$$, but we're still rich in spirit.

The trick is not to compartmentalize, but to unify. We've all got a dog in this fight.

[ancianita]

55. +1

[Mariana]

60. There are a lot of old hippies who didn't lose their sense of ethics or morality etc.

Unfortunately, you are in the minority in your age group. Most old people vote Republican. Trump got the majority of over-50's in 2016 and in 2020.

[PaulnFortWorth]

66. Older Generation

It's not the older generation that voted for tRump: it was the Older Racists who did. In a low voter turnout the racists ALWAYS vote and many were brought up in a racist society where segregation was the norm. We all got together and joked about cars, getting drunk, "easy" girls and "lazy" minorities. It wasn't until I joined the service and spent time shoulder to shoulder defending America that I realized the only difference was skin color. When we left the base overseas we weren't white, black, Hispanic or whatever, we were Americans. It was then that I realized that racism is taught from generation to generation based on hate. And that is what the republicans were feeding on: HATE. Now it's hate against all minorities, the poor, the sick and anybody who doesn't conform to the old culture of segregation.

I changed because the military doesn't care (mostly) what color your skin is as long as you can serve America. I came out of the VietNam era being labeled as a monster and shunned because I served. Even though I'm white I was discriminated against because I willingly went to VietNam and served my country.

I'm now a democrat and proud of it. I learned. I changed. I'm better for it. But I still have scars.

[Mariana]

69. The majority of voters over 50 cast their ballots for Trump, twice.

That's just a fact. The majority of older voters consistently vote Republican. It isn't helpful to pretend this isn't true.

[Mariana]

57. The majority of old voters cast their ballots for Trump.

He could not have taken office without their support, and they should not be deprived of their fair share of the credit for his disastrous presidency.

[Mariana]

72. A lot of the ones registering now were too young to vote in 2016.

It's pretty silly to hold that against them

[ecstatic]

53. I think with midterms, a lot of people honestly don't know there are elections

I think we need to be more aggressive with telling voters exactly who to vote for--if that's allowed, of course. Otherwise, even if we get them to the polls, then they have no idea of which candidate to choose when it comes to the races that don't show party affiliation, weirdly worded ballot initiatives, etc.

[BadgerMom]

7. Come on, Roevember!

And, if it comes, we as a party must not ignore the issue that brought so many to the polls.

[ificandream]

24. Roevember ... I like that!

[BadgerMom]

29. Wish I were that creative!

But I stole it from somewhere on Twitter! Thank you, person I’ve stolen from.

[Karadeniz]

8. WOW!!!!

[Bayard]

9. Excellent!

That's GREAT news!

[Hortensis]

10. :) I love the numbers for young registrants especially.

It's notable, though, that even in this era substantial numbers are registering Republican even if they don't want tRumpism. That's because most of those are conservative by nature and always will be drawn to conservative tribes who share their orientation and reactions to the world. Some on both sides probably are still voting their upbringing but will change (like HRC), and some will predictably become at least somewhat more conservative with parenthood.

These basic wired-in differences in such high percentages demonstrate, btw, why representative government must, through the democratic process, arrive at majority decisions that are less than perfect for almost everyone but work for most. In adequately functioning real-world democracies, no one faction or side gets to impose its own way on the rest, not for long, not without breaking.

Of course, what the Republicans are doing now is intended to break our democracy, so we can see how imposing one side's will, even a large one's, will destroy if not stopped.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Fantastic! Especially here in PA.

The loon Mastriano CANNOT become Governor.

[FakeNoose]

13. Roe, Roe, Roe your vote!

Now voting finally means something to the X-genners.

[Demovictory9]

14. in an interview in Kansas, woman said "i would crawl thru glass to vote". Yes SISTER!

[cilla4progress]

15. "Thanks, TFG"...

I guess?

🤣🤣😳

[slightlv]

16. While I love these numbers

and, being from Kansas, have seen what we can do when we vote the numbers!, in the back of my mind it's worrisome where the R's are concerned.

Here's where I'm coming from. Will this be the last election we're actually allowed to vote like this? Will they find a way to subvert our vote like they did the black vote after the 2018 elections? They have always had a bad taste in their mouths after we got the right to vote, anyway. They'd love to have a reason to take it back. I feel like all the publicity, not to mention our power this year after RvW revocation, will "force" them to try something drastic for 2024.

[Justice matters.]

26. More reasons why it's very important to keep the House and get 52 Dem Senators...

So the Voting Rights Act gets passed, even if abolishing the un-democratic filibuster will be necessary.

[slightlv]

28. I'm definitely for getting rid of that damned filibuster!

As well as the electoral college and looking at others of these outdated and archaic rules to see what needs to be updated to the modern age, preferably without going so far as a constitutional convention. The Constitution was meant to be a living document, not a set-in-stone, never-changing, only to be interpreted document such as originalists seem to say it is. Of course, they don't abide by that. They only think try to make us think they make a square document fit in a round hole, and we're too dumb to see what they're doing.

[Saboburns]

48. Not without a hot war I wouldn't think.

They'll only go as far as we let them.

And we'll never let them go that far.

[BlueSky3]

73. It's going to be hard to gerrymander women out of voting

Not that they won’t try….

[Quixote1818]

18. K and R

[EnergizedLib]

19. Uh Roe, GOP

You done messed up, you done messed up but good.

You want to take people’s rights from them? You’ve got a lot of hands you’re going to catch.

[musclecar6]

20. Oh yeah

They never stop. It’s always about their wallet and fuck you. They have not a shred of a social conscience and truth be told, never will. So it’s up to us, to fight them every step of the way. These mid terms need to be fought with max effort (metaphorically only) with every available tool at our disposal, like every time they deliver some kind of snarky ad or blast on Fox or that goofball Truth Social run by the Orange Nazi, we need to return fire with both barrels, using well developed controlled communication video’s, interviews on MSNBC,CNN or even FOX where the knuckle draggers and even educated ones hang out.

The reason we need to use FOX is, even though say it’s the hard core husband for instance who watches, his wife may see what’s being said on our part and may think, fuck this asshole I’m just gonna go in that voting booth and vote for the Democrats and he’ll think that I’m voting with him and I’ll be getting the last laugh in, at that redneck jerk off I’m married to.

[Wounded Bear]

21. Even in my rather blue state (WA)...

My senator and a nearby Representative incumbant have run ads on Roe, with defending women's rights high on their agenda.

Both are pretty safe incumbants, but still, it's a key issue.

Sen Murray also has a Jan 6 ad, with video of the violence.

[Butterflylady]

23. Yes this is why we will keep both houses.

Don't forget they want to stop contraception practices. How many women now depend on the pill? A lot. Women who have the number of children they want and have returned to work force. Women who having more children could have potential deadly consequences for them. Women who having more children could put a financial burden on the family.

Yes, women will be the driving force in 2022.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

25. This is good news, but it might illustrate a weakness in Dems:

It seems some Dems need a reason to vote, or a reason to register. Some issue inflames us, entertains us, affects us, then we vote.

Republicans just vote.

We need to vote because it is our right and our duty.

gotv

[Zambero]

51. From this point forward, Republicans will be giving us plenty of reasons

A taste of backlash might bring them to their senses, but I doubt it!

[Mariana]

71. I suspect most of the new registrants weren't Democrats until very recently.

Getting people who weren't previously bothered about politics to register as Democrats and vote is 100% a good thing.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

75. I agree it's a good thing. I just hope the urge to vote continues into the future,

... even if the candidates and issues in some future election are not as interesting or urgent as in 2022, 2024.

[GreenWave]

30. Rut roe, GOP

Rut roe GOP

[orangecrush]

31. KICK

[Grins]

32. Remember when Irish women living abroad...

…flew back to Catholic Ireland some years ago just to vote in a national referendum to make abortion legal? Where it passed with WHOPPING numbers.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

33. Battle cry of this election: Roe your vote, up and down the ballot!

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

[EnergizedLib]

34. The worst thing about Dobbs

Besides the obvious, of course, I’d know that side feels emboldened to strip further rights and attack people different from them.

They’ve pushed their luck, and it’s run out.

[peggysue2]

35. Hope to see those percentages grow . . .

as we get closer to the election. And I hope women unite, even in Blue States, bc this affects everyone regardless of where we are in our own personal lives. As long as these white nationalists and religious zealots are allowed to keep pushing the boundaries, no one is safe and no one's rights are protected.

We need a huge wave of resistance from every corner of the country, our voices growing into an ear-splitting NO and our vote washing these maniacs into the Deep Blue Sea.

[BigmanPigman]

37. When I attended protests in June

I knew that this single issue will knock the GQP down a few notches. The GQP wanted their asshole justices and now they will reap what they sowed.

[orthoclad]

40. They have a simple solution to women's votes:

]
in the Friday toons.

Soon, the Supreme Court will decide Moore v. Harper, a case which is based on the Independent State Legislature theory. Basically, ISL says that no power -- not courts, not Congress, not Constitution, not governors -- can tell a state legislature how to run elections. Do you think it's beyond belief that Texas, e.g., would take away women's right to vote? Didn't we believe we had a constitutional right to abortion?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

43. Are you ready for ROEVEMBER?

Link to tweet

[calimary]

46. LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!! ROEvember.

One of the best one-liners ever!

Republicans, our bodies aren’t up for (your) grabs!

[ecstatic]

54. Good one! nt

[calimary]

45. Encouraging to see how this is trending.

I wanna see our Dems strengthen in both the Senate AND the House, plus the statehouses! Gotta run the table if at all possible.

[Zambero]

50. As Helen Reddy once said...

"In numbers too big to ignore".

[Aussie105]

52. So women have decided leaving things up to men

is what caused this whole mess in the first place?

And now they are going to vote to say . . . .we are here, take note, we want change?

Good on them!

[BobTheSubgenius]

56. This certainly seems to dovetail nicely with the Dem. confidence in winning PA.

If only 20 more states showed this kind of surge!

[shanti]

59. Be careful what you wish for!

[turbinetree]

63. I remember from 5 year's back that a group of woman warned this country....

[BobTheSubgenius]

64. This certainly seems to dovetail nicely with the Dem. confidence in winning PA.

If only 20 more states showed this kind of surge.

[oldsoftie]

65. I said awhile ago; I know TWO very conservative folks who lost it after that decision.

I know they voted trump in '16; assumed they did in '20, but they came out hard after the SCOTUS decision. And if I know a couple then there are MANY others who finally had enough.
One of them posted on FB, "I've had the scales removed from my eyes"
Abortion rights could very well ADD Senate seats to the Dems & weaken whatever gains in the House the GOP get. I still think they'll get the House, but not by the number estimated 6 months ago

[grantcart]

67. Some of the Republican women registering to vote also want their rights back

[oldsoftie]

76. Yes. I'm sure both of these are GOP; one a woman & one man.

And another thing, as shown in Kansas, there are people who will say one thing in public & another in the voting booth

[TFRD]

68. Poke the Mama Bear...

Women, collectively, along with those of us men who stand with them, IS!, the answer to saving our future and the future of our children.

Let us rise together and end the HATE!

(~÷)
Tony!