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22. I understood the question to be about why white women voters tend to pick Republicans.

Reply to Hekate (Reply #17)

Sat Jul 13, 2019, 02:49 PM

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Summer advice for white people [View all] kpete Jul 2019 OP

Opt for the orange instead Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #1

Of course, IRL, she'd be laughing as she said it. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #2

why do you think this is the case? CTyankee Jul 2019 #3

Because white privilege is a hell of a drug. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #4

That does not answer CT's reasonable question for data Hekate Jul 2019 #17

I understood the question to be about why white women voters tend to pick Republicans. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #22

It's a nasty meme at DU. Why is that? Hekate Jul 2019 #23

Because in presidential elections, it's been true since 1952, except in 1964 and 1996. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #25

Analytical data from reputable sources, please. Tho you've already disputed Pew. Hekate Jul 2019 #27

I didn't dispute Pew. I acknowledged my wording was wrong when I said a majority of white WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #28

Look, you can just as easily look the data up. Blue_true Jul 2019 #44

So am I. As a white women with a ton of white female friends and colleagues, almost all of whom are smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #10

Maybe it is also a convenient & divisive untruth. Maybe even a half-truth. Whatever, it is offensive Hekate Jul 2019 #18

I agree. And it also bothers me the way they lump all "white women" together. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #30

I do business in the northeast. Blue_true Jul 2019 #46

Do you know the majority of educated white women in the northeast and how smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #50

Good point. The ones that I met. nt Blue_true Jul 2019 #55

Exit polls are always self selecting so I wonder about that. Are female Trump voters just more CTyankee Jul 2019 #36

I have had lots of White female colleagues during my time in corporate America. Blue_true Jul 2019 #45

Really, 100% of degreed white women have voted republican? smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #51

100%. I lived it, you did not. I never met one that was a democrat. nt Blue_true Jul 2019 #54

That is ridiculous and you know it. There are hundreds if not thousands on this board alone. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #57

In my line of work, I never met a college educated democratic White woman. Blue_true Jul 2019 #58

So you are saying that there are no college educated Democratic white women? smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #61

The White women that I meet and have met in business are conservatives. Blue_true Jul 2019 #65

not regional, national stats Celerity Jul 2019 #47

See post #51 smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #52

apples and oranges, that post is about a midterm, not a POTUS election vote Celerity Jul 2019 #53

Still, not as cut and dried as you say and things have changed since the 2016 smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #56

all I did was post a link Celerity Jul 2019 #59

I agree that there are too many white women who are making stupid political choices, and smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #62

anyone who does this... Celerity Jul 2019 #63

And by lumping all white women together, you are not using dodgy broad-brush smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #64

I NEVER lumped all white women together, ever, that is simply untrue Celerity Jul 2019 #66

Sorry, I might have misunderstood the meaning of your post. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #67

I was saying anyone who does (what the quote from you said you dislike) is dead wrong, I literally Celerity Jul 2019 #68

Ok, I understand what you were saying now. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #69

totally oki!!! Celerity Jul 2019 #70

In the south, they vote lock step with their husbands.... paleotn Jul 2019 #12

You should see how it is out West. Turin_C3PO Jul 2019 #15

Yep. It's a personal matter as it should be paleotn Jul 2019 #34

I strongly second what you said. This has gotten to be a nasty meme around here... Hekate Jul 2019 #16

Exit polls have consistently shown that White women as a group vote for the republicans. Blue_true Jul 2019 #43

According to Pew Research it was NOT true in 2016. spooky3 Jul 2019 #5

Fair enough -- a plurality, then. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #6

So your mind is made up regardless. Good to know. Hekate Jul 2019 #19

About what? WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #24

Nothing like posting a link which decisively disproves the claim you are making. Blue_true Jul 2019 #48

This scene is on a beach. . . Stargleamer Jul 2019 #11

I just served on a jury; somebody alerted on this. mantis49 Jul 2019 #7

People here will alert on ANYTHING. Pity to be so weak of mind to not be able to take a JOKE oldsoftie Jul 2019 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 #9

Funny that. I had two British friends and three Canadian friends who were deported years ago. cwydro Jul 2019 #14

It was a joke. mantis49 Jul 2019 #26

And maybe that process could be made a bit easier. oldsoftie Jul 2019 #29

What a funny "joke." cwydro Jul 2019 #60

Some posters into this thread seem to be pretty worked up about the assertion of the cartoon. Blue_true Jul 2019 #49

Oh FFS Blue Owl Jul 2019 #71

There's a lot of right-wing propaganda on you tube lately pushing lies rockfordfile Jul 2019 #13

Kick dalton99a Jul 2019 #20

Lol. Turin_C3PO Jul 2019 #21

ICE to deport Irish father-of-three after a decade in Montco Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #32

I'm just saying Turin_C3PO Jul 2019 #33

I know Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #35

k&r Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #31

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I love me a nuke to the right target! marble falls Jul 2019 #41

Damn straight! BumRushDaShow Jul 2019 #42