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The Magistrate

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21. Wriggling Only Amuses, Sir --- Best To Just Let It Drop
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 06:39 PM
Jun 2020

Here is the exit polling data:

https://www.cnn.com/election/2016/results/exit-polls

In case you wish to preserve your eyes, here are the numbers you would find if you scrolled down a bit...

White women cast 37% of the votes in 2016.

Of these, 52% voted for Trump.

You seem to be one of those people who imagines the names of logical fallacies are magical chants, words of power that deflect attacks on the positions you espouse. They are not. Nothing in my comment mis-states your position. I simply follow up its clear implications. These are worth restating. Your assertion that less than half of white women voted for Trump (which is true given that only about half the adult populace voted) has meaning only if the views of those who did not vote differs from the views of those who did. An entire industry is based on accurate predictions of group behavior and attitudes from discovery of what a quite small portion of that group thinks or does. When the sample size is on the order of half the target group, it is ludicrous to pretend the reading is not accurate for the whole. Whatever affliction is indicated by having cast a vote for Trump in 2016, a least half of white women in this country suffer from it.

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Karens are getting their day in the Court of Public Opinion. Laelth Jun 2020 #1
It is about time for equal representation for women delisen Jun 2020 #23
I don't know about you, but my mother created me. Laelth Jun 2020 #25
how it smears hundreds of thousands of innocent people more like it nt msongs Jun 2020 #2
Do you want to say anything about the article? irisblue Jun 2020 #3
the article smears a whole class of people most of whom are innocent. nt msongs Jun 2020 #4
and that class is people who are named karen nt msongs Jun 2020 #5
It seems, by its very title, to be talking about "White Womanhood" frazzled Jun 2020 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jun 2020 #30
Well, maybe that's where I don't get it frazzled Jun 2020 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jun 2020 #42
It is everywhere frazzled Jun 2020 #43
That is what you took away from it? Ok. Thx for the reply irisblue Jun 2020 #6
#NotAllKarens sweetloukillbot Jun 2020 #8
What innocent people are smeared? gollygee Jun 2020 #10
"There's the oft-cited stat that 52% of white women voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election" 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #7
Would you please give a citation for your source numbers? irisblue Jun 2020 #9
Which number is that? That 56% of eligible voters voted? 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #13
Your source for these numbers is not in your reply. irisblue Jun 2020 #16
Math is fun. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #28
Can be. But without a reputable citation, it is non reliable irisblue Jun 2020 #31
When people say a certain percentage of people voted for X gollygee Jun 2020 #11
No they don't. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #15
Yeah, consistently they do. gollygee Jun 2020 #17
Does not make them right. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #19
Is this Begging the Question fallacy irisblue Jun 2020 #22
an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion-52% of white women did not vote for DT. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #27
And you have provide no facts, just opinion & bluster irisblue Jun 2020 #32
All you have to do is adjust percentages of voters by race and sex. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #37
The Flaw In This, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2020 #12
You can not use false stats to support a bias. I won't address your straw men. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #18
Proof by Assertion is an informal fallacy. Please do, take your assertion up with the author or mag irisblue Jun 2020 #20
Wriggling Only Amuses, Sir --- Best To Just Let It Drop The Magistrate Jun 2020 #21
I don't use exit polling data as it is not reliable. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #26
Small Surprise You Prefer To Rely On Numbers You Construct In Your Head, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2020 #29
+100000 Celerity Jun 2020 #35
Thank You, Ma'am The Magistrate Jun 2020 #36
Sad. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #39
If you wanted the numbers by race and sex they are widely available. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jun 2020 #14
+1 n/t Laelth Jun 2020 #33
K & R Celerity Jun 2020 #34
believe women nt prodigitalson Jun 2020 #41
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