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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