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In reply to the discussion: The most well written and fully fleshed out article on the Franken mess. [View all]whathehell
(29,100 posts)Sure, but we'll forget that for the moment.
Your argument fails on a couple of counts, but mainly because you base it on only ONE election, the last, which many believe was an anomaly.
You first claim the party''s strategy for getting votes has been about "getting the white suburban women" vote since '92 and then
characterize that as a "mistake" when in fact, those 'white suburban women" came through pretty well for Bill Clinton as they did the following election..
The fact is, White women surpass White men as Democratic voters in EVERY election and, no, the discrepancy between male and females in populations of color is not terribly different: Stats say
White women overall, voted 51 percent for Hillary -- ten points higher than White men. Thirteen percent of Black men voted for Trump, contrasted to six percent of Black women -- 7 points higher.
The only election where your argument MIGHT hold some sway
is in the LAST one which was so full of the "irregularites" one might expect from a foreign power's meddling, that it's STILL investigating it, so as yet, no long term 'truth" demographic or
"otherwise, can be gleaned from it.
I think the Dems made a mistake with Franken -- They went overboard...I myself called his office and urged him not to resign. That said, it's absurd, at this point, to simply dismiss the idea that women, including those of the white suburban persuasion, are important to the party.