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highplainsdem

(62,513 posts) Wed Oct 12, 2016, 04:06 PM Oct 2016

Trump backers tweet #repealthe19th after polls show he'd win if only men voted [View all]

Source: LA Times

As polls show that Donald Trump would overwhelmingly win if only men were allowed to vote, the GOP nominee's supporters have spawned a new Twitter hashtag: #repealthe19th.

That’s a reference to the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

The Twitter commentary began after Nate Silver of the FiveThirtyEight website published an article Tuesday looking at men’s and women’s voting patterns.

He found that if the election only counted the male vote, Trump would swamp Clinton, 350 electoral votes to 188. A candidate must win 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.

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Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-trump-backers-tweet-repealthe19th-1476299001-htmlstory.html

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Trump backers tweet #repealthe19th after polls show he'd win if only men voted [View all] highplainsdem Oct 2016 OP

I said this back when Ann Coulter was all over teevee saying that meadowlark5 Oct 2016 #1

This almost seems like a joke, but it isn't. LeftInTX Oct 2016 #2

#repealthe22nd underpants Oct 2016 #3

Well that should help him Andy823 Oct 2016 #4

Look at Trump's hardest core base - white males over 50 tonyt53 Oct 2016 #5

Please don't include every white man over 50 Marthe48 Oct 2016 #24

Amd if they repeal the 13th and 14th ThoughtCriminal Oct 2016 #6

I think you mean the 15th. harrose Oct 2016 #30

Pretty sure they would repeal all three ThoughtCriminal Oct 2016 #31

this would make a great political ad in states where gaining more women for Hillary beachbum bob Oct 2016 #7

I thought you were joking. murielm99 Oct 2016 #8

Isn't that only if white males could vote? sinkingfeeling Oct 2016 #9

Too bad they'd need women to vote sharp_stick Oct 2016 #10

One says "Females destroyed America" Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #11

My husband worked with a guy Marthe48 Oct 2016 #23

If Trump was a real man he would have the power steering disconnected in the limos he gets around in rusty quoin Oct 2016 #27

These Geniuses haven't realized that if women weren't allowed to vote.... Moonwalk Oct 2016 #12

Heard a woman call Rush Limbaugh show. She says only men have logic to make decisions Midnight Writer Oct 2016 #13

This is amazing... PersonNumber503602 Oct 2016 #14

Maybe I'm in a bubble angrychair Oct 2016 #15

Has this reached its apex? crosinski Oct 2016 #16

I was sure this was the Onion ...blechhhhhhhh etherealtruth Oct 2016 #17

Nothing says "we respect women" than MissMillie Oct 2016 #18

Twitter trolls Ellen Forradalom Oct 2016 #19

Men for Hillary! roamer65 Oct 2016 #21

Ever notice something about people who brag of their love for the Constitution? jmowreader Oct 2016 #22

HAHAHAHA good luck with that. Quantess Oct 2016 #25

I can't believe that hashtag is STILL trending on twitter DesertRat Oct 2016 #26

I can only offer this: lastlib Oct 2016 #28

Such quality human beings these GOP folks are who agree with that, and, most of all... Divine Discontent Oct 2016 #29