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angrychair

(12,305 posts) Fri Oct 5, 2018, 06:31 PM Oct 2018

Votes Have Consequences [View all]

Women vote more consistently, year after year and there are more women than men in the US.

How we vote, our actions, how we are perceived on issues that matter to women will have much more influence on congressional majorities than how much republican ass we kiss in red or blue states.

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Votes Have Consequences [View all] angrychair Oct 2018 OP

52% of white women voted for Trump. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #1

Exactly, and Kavanaugh was predictable. Of course, even a greater percentage of white men Hoyt Oct 2018 #2

52% of white women voters. Not 52% of white women. MrsCoffee Oct 2018 #3

So majority of white women did NOT vote for Hillary wellst0nev0ter Oct 2018 #5

White females currently are 46% approve 50% disapprove of Trump Awsi Dooger Oct 2018 #6

Unfortunately polls don't matter as much as actual voting. Kaleva Oct 2018 #10

Somehow Trump gets people to vote for him who disapprove of him Awsi Dooger Oct 2018 #13

I know some people who voted for Trump solely because they didn't like Hillary. Kaleva Oct 2018 #14

Agreed, and I will edit to add that. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #7

I take that often quoted statistic angrychair Oct 2018 #9

People who don't vote aren't much better then avid Trump supporters. Kaleva Oct 2018 #11

I edited it at 6.21 CST. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #12

Female percentage of the vote always drops in midterms Awsi Dooger Oct 2018 #4

#Votelikeblackwomen ismnotwasm Oct 2018 #8