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In reply to the discussion: No, White Women Didn't Vote for Trump [View all]spooky3
(34,447 posts)9. Here is a link to the full article by Chait:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/did-white-women-vote-for-trump-no.html
It's an EXCELLENT article - please read.
One point I wish he had included is in response to the admonition that white women need to convince their "sisters" not to vote for Trump. White women are 41% of the electorate, per Pew Research. This is the biggest demographic group in the electorate -- tens of millions of people, who live in every state. How exactly is a Democratic white woman living in an east coast metro area supposed to have even a passing social acquaintance with a Republican white woman living in rural Nebraska, let alone be in a position to influence her successfully? And, no one suggests that white men need to convince other white men to vote for Dems, even though this group is nearly as big as that of white women but far more likely to be Trump/GOP voters, so there is much more potentially to gain--why not?
It's an EXCELLENT article - please read.
One point I wish he had included is in response to the admonition that white women need to convince their "sisters" not to vote for Trump. White women are 41% of the electorate, per Pew Research. This is the biggest demographic group in the electorate -- tens of millions of people, who live in every state. How exactly is a Democratic white woman living in an east coast metro area supposed to have even a passing social acquaintance with a Republican white woman living in rural Nebraska, let alone be in a position to influence her successfully? And, no one suggests that white men need to convince other white men to vote for Dems, even though this group is nearly as big as that of white women but far more likely to be Trump/GOP voters, so there is much more potentially to gain--why not?
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What was the percentage of white men that voted for the vile misogynist racist disturbs me, or the
LizBeth
Dec 2020
#4
62% of white male voters voted for Trump, per Pew Research, which also produced the 47% figure for
spooky3
Dec 2020
#6
I was just told sexism is not a man issue, that women are responsible too. So now we are blamed for
LizBeth
Dec 2020
#2
Right on sister. The Eve story is so indicative of the weak and cowardly triumphing as success. Lol
LizBeth
Dec 2020
#27
I'm bookmarking this because I would bet my house that this blame of white women will
Squinch
Dec 2020
#14
White Women ARE called out and Shamed for it. ANd White Women who voted for Hillary said they were
JI7
Dec 2020
#44
Oh thank god, I was worried white women might have to examine their role in the U.S.'s
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 2020
#22
In 2016 he won white women 47% to 45% for Clinton. We'll have to wait for 2020
mathematic
Dec 2020
#26