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BusyBeingBest

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71. Dumb article. She winds up by saying that black and Latino voters

Reply to My Pet Orangutan (Original post)

Sun Nov 29, 2020, 11:19 AM

Nov 2020

aren't a monolith and are more complex and act more independently, all after painting white women as...a monolith. AND relying on exit polls that aren't accurate this year. They must have had extra space to fill at the WaPo yesterday.

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WaPo OP: White women vote Republican. Get used to it, Democrats. [View all] My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 OP

And yet white women helped Biden/Harris over the top . . Iliyah Nov 2020 #1

The GOP are losing the suburbs. My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #2

Yes, the bigger question is where that supposed increase was. Getting an extra 500K in already OnDoutside Nov 2020 #6

Why are they (we) assuming that the suburbs is White women? Rice4VP Nov 2020 #13

The GOP lost badly in the suburbs this year, My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #14

Ok. But since Trump got a higher percentage of Rice4VP Nov 2020 #16

Trump did not get a higher percentage of white women, My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #24

52% of them voted for him in 2016 and 55% voted for him this year Rice4VP Nov 2020 #25

You didn't read my OP My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #31

Those numbers are based on exit polls kcr Nov 2020 #38

More than that, more white women voted Democratic than black, Hortensis Nov 2020 #79

This white woman has NEVER, in fifty years of voting, voted for a Republican ... Zoonart Nov 2020 #3

60+ white male. Ditto. My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #4

This 50 year old white woman, either. n/t TDale313 Nov 2020 #11

Same here. OnionPatch Nov 2020 #34

Same age here. hamsterjill Nov 2020 #45

The only women I know of who voted Republican Blue Owl Nov 2020 #5

Yes! Almost all the women I know (Philly burbs) voted for Biden. apcalc Nov 2020 #10

White MEN voted for Trump. apcalc Nov 2020 #7

That was expected. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #22

most of us Jewish white women hate trump mucifer Nov 2020 #8

Just don't call them a karen!!!! SlogginThroughIt Nov 2020 #9

Count me as another white woman who has NEVER voted for a Republican! love_katz Nov 2020 #12

Some of us do not. sinkingfeeling Nov 2020 #15

Not this white woman Sugarcoated Nov 2020 #17

not this white woman. not ever. TomDaisy Nov 2020 #18

Yeah this piece is bunk. He doesn't even mention the fact that half the country voted absentee fearnobush Nov 2020 #19

Might want to read it again. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #23

not all of them, not this one, not ever. demigoddess Nov 2020 #20

Hmmm..... Mossfern Nov 2020 #21

So what are the final numbers of white women for trump v Biden? brush Nov 2020 #26

White women voters have broken for the Democratic presidential candidate only twice since 1952. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #27

I do think there is some truth to this tulipsandroses Nov 2020 #28

It's based on exit polls. It's bunk. kcr Nov 2020 #37

I understand that its based on exit polls. However 73 million people voted for trump. So unlesss, tulipsandroses Nov 2020 #54

The black and latino gains were mostly in places like Florida and Texas where a Ground Campaign is JI7 Nov 2020 #40

The ground game and strategy is essential, agreed. yardwork Nov 2020 #70

I received campaign lit at my door for Republicans LeftInTX Nov 2020 #80

This StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #60

Seems to be retired white women with investment portfolios and a self-centered mindset . . . LaMouffette Nov 2020 #29

More white women did vote democratic in key places compared to 2016 JI7 Nov 2020 #30

May we presume, Ms. Lenz, that you are a white woman? MadLinguist Nov 2020 #32

Yeppers My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #36

I recommend that you actually read the column. yardwork Nov 2020 #42

Why read the column when you can get all worked up at the very mention of "white women" StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #61

This old white woman has never voted for anything with an "r" after its name, and never will. Nor niyad Nov 2020 #33

Not this. Not 95% of my female friends. we can do it Nov 2020 #35

Not a single one I know. mahina Nov 2020 #39

Did you read the entire column? The headline is misleading. yardwork Nov 2020 #41

Yes I did, and Ms. Lenz is wrong. My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #44

Her overall point is correct, I believe. White people vote Republican. yardwork Nov 2020 #47

And the better strategies are ... My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #48

Sanders downplays the role of racism. I disagree with him. yardwork Nov 2020 #49

Let me quote something about NBC's 2020 exit poll for Minnesota. My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #51

Trump is so extreme, I'm not sure we can count on this as a trend. yardwork Nov 2020 #52

I agree with all of that ... My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #53

+1, I scream at the notion that if I was rich or well off racism would affect me less. uponit7771 Nov 2020 #58

You're right that white people need to get over irrational fears. They also must StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #62

This thread is certainly illuminating, isn't it? yardwork Nov 2020 #64

This senior white woman in a red state sure as hell doesn't. Nt raccoon Nov 2020 #43

How much of that is white men affecting their vote? Brainfodder Nov 2020 #46

One columnist on WaPo Cameliano Nov 2020 #50

I've Only Voted for 2 Republicans In My Life AnnieBW Nov 2020 #55

This 67 yr old white woman has never voted for... electric_blue68 Nov 2020 #56

This article was complete bullshit and extremely poorly written. smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #57

I had a completely different opinion. I thought she made some excellent points. yardwork Nov 2020 #63

Such as? smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #76

See my other posts in this thread. yardwork Nov 2020 #81

Interesting, because I'm a white woman, and I voted for Biden. GoCubsGo Nov 2020 #59

That's nice, but the fact remains that, every election, most white people vote Republican. yardwork Nov 2020 #65

No. A slim majority vote Republican. GoCubsGo Nov 2020 #66

Definition of "most:" yardwork Nov 2020 #67

Barely. But, not the huge majority she makes it out to be. GoCubsGo Nov 2020 #68

Nowhere in her column does she claim it's "huge majority." StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #72

Elections are won and lost by a single vote. yardwork Nov 2020 #73

A majority, regardless how "slim" it may be, is "most." StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #69

Dumb article. She winds up by saying that black and Latino voters BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #71

There's a lot to unpack in the resistance these kinds of articles generate. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #74

Great article. The media loves to scapegoat the base, radius777 Nov 2020 #75

RepubliKarens lame54 Nov 2020 #77

And white men vote Republican in even greater margins BainsBane Nov 2020 #78