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LisaM

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95. Well, that wasn't what you said.

Thu Oct 12, 2017, 06:58 PM

Oct 2017

You said a majority of white women.

I think that there a lot of women who don't vote, or even identify with either party. I would bet the percentage of women who don't vote period is lower than the percentage of men who don't.

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Why Republican women still voted for Trump [View all] Miigwech Oct 2017 OP

Those type of women feel lucky they have a man instead of Man feeling lucky he has a woman! kimbutgar Oct 2017 #1

There are probably many reasons. Willie Pep Oct 2017 #2

Bingo SharonClark Oct 2017 #27

agreed NewJeffCT Oct 2017 #49

HRC was to ignorant white women what Obama was to ignorant black men: lindysalsagal Oct 2017 #96

They voted for him because he promised to build the wall, repeal ACA and ban Muslims LuvLoogie Oct 2017 #3

It is really important to understand to what extent some significant percentage of them PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #5

Well that would be sexism. Again no redeeming reason. LuvLoogie Oct 2017 #9

Okay, so it's sexism. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #11

More bullshit. People weren't naive and wide-eyed in their support of her. LuvLoogie Oct 2017 #14

well said onetexan Oct 2017 #20

The Dems did not put forth their best candidate. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #21

She lost because of 77,000 votes across three states that gave Trump the electoral college win. Demit Oct 2017 #25

Thank you. SharonClark Oct 2017 #28

I know. What a shame her campaign staff PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #56

Well said! +++++++++++++++++++ Agree iluvtennis Oct 2017 #57

They did put forth the best. Who do you think was better. If you want to roll over... LuvLoogie Oct 2017 #69

He Who Must Not Be Mentioned Here. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #80

Bernie was an old cranky leftist DBoon Oct 2017 #79

Not a terrible candidate MaryMagdaline Oct 2017 #82

Why is there such antipathy? treestar Oct 2017 #54

Anyone still thinking she is not the president delisen Oct 2017 #90

Most of tRump's baggage was invisible to his voters bigbrother05 Oct 2017 #83

What we understand is that the election was stolen, no matter what the Hillary blamers say... brush Oct 2017 #89

+1 n/t Beartracks Oct 2017 #104

Conerns about the economy are NOT limited to men.. whathehell Oct 2017 #34

My guess trixie2 Oct 2017 #4

You may be right Docreed2003 Oct 2017 #6

Women, Republican women, who voted for Trump Miigwech Oct 2017 #7

the women I know who voted KT2000 Oct 2017 #8

They hated her because she was smarter than them, more successful, more kind and a better Christian. LuvLoogie Oct 2017 #10

Agree. And I'd also add, some women just couldn't fathom a woman being POTUS...they've iluvtennis Oct 2017 #17

All oppressed people tend to internalize the disrespect they are shown whathehell Oct 2017 #37

Excellent point...I agree with you. iluvtennis Oct 2017 #58

Yes, thank you. n/t whathehell Oct 2017 #60

yes - her success puts pressure KT2000 Oct 2017 #22

Those decades of programming their audience to hate Hillary quakerboy Oct 2017 #16

and I believe part KT2000 Oct 2017 #23

Could be quakerboy Oct 2017 #71

Yes, absolutely. whathehell Oct 2017 #38

Bingo - that pretty much describes the one woman in my family bullwinkle428 Oct 2017 #50

They don't want to be thought to be feminists. marybourg Oct 2017 #12

Clever Turn of Phrase, Mary! ProfessorGAC Oct 2017 #45

low self-esteem and fear of not catching a man; desperate to show men that they're "one of the guys TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #102

I think a lot of these women had been "trained" all of their lives by men. Doreen Oct 2017 #13

I agree Miigwech Oct 2017 #15

this; a lot of women care more about the opinions of their male masters than they do about their own TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #100

Many "Conservative" women follow a strict covert code of authoritarianism. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #18

true. nt TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #101

i think the republican part has more to do with it. barbtries Oct 2017 #19

Majority of white women, 53%, voted for Trump Kaleva Oct 2017 #24

Because the vast majority of Republican women are white. LisaM Oct 2017 #86

Or, the majority of white women are or lean Republican Kaleva Oct 2017 #92

I don't think that's true. LisaM Oct 2017 #93

Exit polling shows it to be true Kaleva Oct 2017 #94

Well, that wasn't what you said. LisaM Oct 2017 #95

Well, it certainly was implied Kaleva Oct 2017 #97

No, a majority of white women WHO VOTED. LisaM Oct 2017 #98

But the thread is about women who voted. Kaleva Oct 2017 #99

They voted for him because they are idiot racist fuckheads. Orrex Oct 2017 #26

That is just one basket oberliner Oct 2017 #30

At the end of the day, they all fit in that basket Orrex Oct 2017 #33

Personally, I agree with Hillary's assessment oberliner Oct 2017 #40

Well, she was obliged to use language more polite than mine Orrex Oct 2017 #42

Fair enough oberliner Oct 2017 #43

And that, alas, is the sad damn truth (nt) Orrex Oct 2017 #44

No concern for the country treestar Oct 2017 #55

It's like what John Fugelsang says - not all of them are racists, but all bullwinkle428 Oct 2017 #51

That's why he gets paid for funny eloquence... Orrex Oct 2017 #52

That is ridiculous oberliner Oct 2017 #29

Women can be fearful racists too HopeAgain Oct 2017 #31

I've encountered plenty of hateful racist women when no white man was anywhere around lunasun Oct 2017 #106

Any woman who votes for Trump and/or the GOP is either. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2017 #32

I agree with 1 & 2 Orrex Oct 2017 #35

My mom voted for him rainin Oct 2017 #36

There's a channel button on every remote HopeAgain Oct 2017 #39

She watches Fox rainin Oct 2017 #41

Not even close. You might want to get out an meet a few of them, and their families. jmg257 Oct 2017 #46

Patronize much? GaryCnf Oct 2017 #47

"because they have determined it is in their self-interest" FiveGoodMen Oct 2017 #61

You double dare me to explain GaryCnf Oct 2017 #62

Better than for them to think the GOP is on their side. FiveGoodMen Oct 2017 #65

While your at if GaryCnf Oct 2017 #66

No, no, by all means FiveGoodMen Oct 2017 #67

I vote for whomever I determine best serves my interest and values GaryCnf Oct 2017 #68

Hypothethically, suppose I know that a mine has been buried in the sidewalk of a street FiveGoodMen Oct 2017 #70

Hypothetically GaryCnf Oct 2017 #72

"what is important to black folks or to women" FiveGoodMen Oct 2017 #73

You're description of GOPers is spot on GaryCnf Oct 2017 #74

So, again, you're saying that the things I listed as problems are not problems for you FiveGoodMen Oct 2017 #75

As a man, my opinion is nothing more GaryCnf Oct 2017 #78

Excellent post. nt m-lekktor Oct 2017 #64

Because they're scumbags. johnp3907 Oct 2017 #48

Right after the p***y grabbing comment - I posted here pretty much the same thing meadowlark5 Oct 2017 #53

This is exactly how a lot of rural towns in the midwest are bearsfootball516 Oct 2017 #76

Because they hate POC even more than they hate themselves. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #59

The women I know who voted trump mountain grammy Oct 2017 #63

I always assumed it was for devilishly good looks. nt JoeStuckInOH Oct 2017 #77

ignorance. muntrv Oct 2017 #81

I continually go back to my attitude when I lived in a small town in the Texas Panhandle Thirties Child Oct 2017 #84

Miigwech saidsimplesimon Oct 2017 #85

Think of the children MaryMagdaline Oct 2017 #87

Because their fear of hellfire or hate of "liberals" was greater than their disgust of man-children haele Oct 2017 #88

I spent a few years living in a city called Muncie, Indiana bearsfootball516 Oct 2017 #91

This is unlikely to be true. marybourg Oct 2017 #103

if Republican women vote for a racist pig Republican women are a racist pig .... stonecutter357 Oct 2017 #105