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In reply to the discussion: Why Thousands of Republicans Are Leaving the Party [View all]IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)22. There is diversity within white women
there are plenty who voted Dem. But then there are way too many who decided to maintain their white privilege and power instead of electing Hillary, a qualified white woman, in 2016, or Kamala, a qualified brown woman in 2020.
It baffles me how anyone can vote for Trump, a flaming pile of toxic waste, yet plenty of white hispanics did. Ironically, his share of the vote among black and latino men and younger voters increased (in my city at least) in 2020 but that's likely because many of them stayed home in 2016. Our local media also claimed the increase in younger voters were likely people who moved here to work in his administration or adjacent conservative policy/lobbying/contracting firms.
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+1, the country has too much work to do wasting time with crap from the right that doesn't work
uponit7771
Feb 2021
#18
I think I would prefer the total anonymity of NO party affiliation in registering to vote....
diverdownjt
Feb 2021
#10
They will not vote for Dem policies. They are registering their annoyance with
Nanjeanne
Feb 2021
#12
The freepers declare they'll never vote, again. No idea if that's reliable, but it's being said quit
lindysalsagal
Feb 2021
#28
You can get the person out of the party, but can you get the party out of the person?
Chainfire
Feb 2021
#26