So, all this chaos is because nobody wanted a female president?

[imanamerican63]

Damn those who didn’t have the guts to vote for Hillary or Kamala and also those who didn’t vote at all in 2016 and 2024! You’re mainly to blame for Trump destroying our democracy and our well being!

If this seems to harsh? Well, damn it, we would still have a democracy and not a wannabe dictator!

[Katinfl]

1. You are so right. Damn them to hell!

[Walleye]

2. I will never forgive them.

Unfortunately, we women are used to this kind of disappointment. I guess we just have hope sometimes.

[malaise]

3. No

It is also because a black male won two terms as President

[ancianita]

10. Yes.

That, too.

[electric_blue68]

23. Another reason, as well.

[brush]

29. Yep, so many magats are still fighting the Civil War...

and revert back to the 19th century where Black people have no right a white man is bound to respect.

It ain't happening.

[LiberalArkie]

30. All about Machismo. Black men are seen as manly. Trump chosen for the same reason.

Trump would have beaten Buttigieg, because well you know how those manly men and women voters see gay people.

College education is seen as a very wimpy life decision.

Sad. Like in Arkansas the voters chose Sarah over an actual rocket scientist for governor.

[mcar]

4. It hurts so much to even think about it

All we've lost because of misogyny.

[maddiemom]

18. Misogyny? Maybe so...

It's encouraging to remember who got the most popular votes in 2016, at least, not that it mattered. Two presidential elections have gone by since, with nothing done about the Electoral College. Can you IMAGINE if 2016 had gone the other way? Trump would have never stopped raging about it. Where would we be today?

[electric_blue68]

24. Ah, yeah, the Electoral College. 😑

[Jilly_in_VA]

5. Well, certainly not NOBODY!

Look at the popular vote! If it weren't for that *&^%$# Electoral College we'd probably have one!

[Skittles]

6. lots of FAFO going on

it would be fun to watch if they weren't bringing down the country

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

21. Right. They FA, we FO.

[Boomerproud]

7. No argument here.

Anyone who disputes your statement is a liar.

[writerJT]

17. 65,853,514

[onenote]

46. "Nobody" -- That's the lie.

[ancianita]

8. My take is that, in either case, they couldn't accept a female commander-in-chief.

Or it was, "I'd vote for a woman, but not THAT woman."

Racism and sexism are the sicknesses that malinger in the body politic.

[happy feet]

11. Yup

and an Asian/African American to boot.

[southmost]

12. a tantrum

[Pris]

13. Many wanted them....

Just not enough. Our electoral system is easily exploitable and the head of the FBI foiled Hillary's win.
Many good women can run in 2028: Governor Mills of Maine (Badass), Governor Whitmer of Michigan (turned the state legislature from red to blue and is fiercely pro-choice), Senator Elise Slotkin (tough and experienced, Sec. of State Jocelyn Benson 9running for Governor).
These women are great but in a patriarchy people seem to push male candidates forward (even celebrity men with no political experience) rather than experienced amazing women.
Call out the sexism.

[LisaM]

35. Even in 2008. I was bitterly disappointed that year.

However, I did not retaliate by withholding my vote for President (as I fear would have been the case with many voters if Hillary had been the 2008 nominee).

Some of my fiercest rage is for people who voted Democratic in the 2016 primaries but not in the general election, and for the 8 million who swept Biden in but disappeared in 2024.

[Lulu KC]

14. Seriously

I can only think of a string of expletives now. An endless string.

[writerJT]

15. She won the popular vote in 2016.

So it’s not that people didn’t want a woman president, it’s the stupid electoral college system.

[NNadir]

16. I'm not "nobody." I still want a female President.

[barbtries]

19. nobody?

come on. it was not a unanimous decision. in fact it was a very sketchy win imo.

and don't forget that Kamala is also Black. i'm sure that was the bridge too far for many magats. as for the people who did not bother to vote, we should ask them.

[IronLionZion]

20. Plenty of countries have been led by women

it's insane that it's still an issue in this country in this century.

I hope our party doesn't make the wrong conclusion and block other women from seeking the top job. We need to keep cracking until we break that glass ceiling.

[maxsolomon]

22. Harris' sex isn't the only reason we lost.

I'm not convinced it was the major reason.

My Dad said she was a Communist. My coworker said she was a Communist. She's not a Communist.

As a whole, Americans are deeply stupid. That could be the reason as much as anything.

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. But *all* Democrats are communists

according to right-wingers.

Oh, yeah -- that's stupidity. And ignorance.

[whathehell]

31. "As a whole, Americans are 'deeply stupid'"??

Um, speak for you and yours, bro, but leave the rest of us out if it
The fact is, Trump won by LESS than 50% of the vote (49.8% ) so that's hardly "by and large". Even many who voted for him were not necessarily "stupid", just supporting him for the wrong reasons

[maxsolomon]

32. I did speak for myself. My opinion is that

America is in a stupidity crisis.

Stupid people voted for Harris, too. Just not enough.

[whathehell]

25. ..not "nobody"...Harris lost by less than 1.5 percent!

[misanthrope]

26. Not completely

From the wider view, it is because white supremacy felt threatened and that cultural spasm was exploited by the malefactors of great wealth.

[Autumn]

28. You are wrong. A lot of people did want her for president.

More people wanted Trump. That's the system we have.

[madamesilverspurs]

33. Let's not forget the McConnell Effect

Were it not for Moscow Mitch, Trump wouldn't have been elected once let alone twice. Nor would we have an anything-but-Supreme Court that regards the Constitution as a quaint but meaningless inconvenience. Trump is the wrecking ball, but it's McConnell who planned our implosion.


.

[Bluestocking]

34. Many of our fellow citizens are

FUCKING MORONS

[MichMan]

36. Only once in the last 185 years has a sitting VP been elected president.

[rickyhall]

37. Trump cheated and we're doing nothing that's why we're losing our democracy.

[hueymahl]

38. My prediction is the first female president will be Republican

There is a historical parallel in England, with Margaret Thatcher, a conservative party member, being their first female Prime Minister. I think at this point in our evolution there are too many that can't abide a liberal and female president. It's a step too far.

[SSJVegeta]

40. There are defijitely a lotnof people who think that but I dont think it is so prohibitive

I actually think it is the other way around. thinj there is a misconception that in order for a woman to win the presidency, she cant be too liberal and needs to "play it safe," staying within a careful conservative box of expectations.

But -especially in times of massive flux like we are in right now, I think that is the exact opposite of what one needs to do to win. IMHO: Being loud, speaking their mind and proposing radical change -is the most likely way for a politician (regardless of their gender or what they look like), to be successful.

[SSJVegeta]

39. All this chaos is because people wanted radical change

Well. They're getting it 🙄

[CaptainTruth]

41. IMHO they should pack up & leave the US.

They clearly don't support the Constitution or the rule of law, so they should go live in a country that doesn't have those things.

[MerryBlooms]

42. No point fighting last 2 elections

In the books

[Theresa Santini]

43. SAd....

sad to to see this

[eppur_se_muova]

44. Clinton wins popular vote by nearly 2.9 million (AP)

By LISA LERER
Published 11:48 AM CDT, December 22, 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton received nearly 2.9 million more votes than President-elect Donald Trump, giving her the largest popular vote margin of any losing presidential candidate.

Certified results in all 50 states and the District of Columbia show Clinton winning nearly 65,844,610 million votes — 48 percent __ to Trump’s 62,979,636 million votes __ 46 percent — according to an analysis by The Associated Press.

Clinton is the fifth presidential candidate in American history to win the popular vote and lose the Electoral College. Democrat Al Gore, the only other presidential candidate this century to come up short in the Electoral College but claim a popular vote victory, received 540,000 more votes than President George W. Bush.
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more: https://apnews.com/article/2c7a5afc13824161a25d8574e10ff4e7



People wanted her; just not the people that count.

[Gum Logger]

45. For Democratic women to be elected president,

Dems can not be losing Appalachiaby 90%. Remember, as army generals are fond of saying, the enemy gets a vote. A female nominee needs to be able to give stem-winder speeches, be fast talker, have the gift-of-gab. Somebody like repersentive Pat Schroeder