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And yet, 52% of White Women voted for Traitor don. Still can't wrap my head around that. (Original Post) Va Lefty Sep 2018 OP
That is stunning to me and I am a white woman. onecaliberal Sep 2018 #1
I know one of them. Claritie Pixie Sep 2018 #2
wait a second... saidsimplesimon Sep 2018 #3
check the link CNN exit poll 62% white males 52% white females Va Lefty Sep 2018 #4
The link is in VA Lefty's OP. nt spooky3 Sep 2018 #5
52% of white women voters. Racism is stronger than sisterhood. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2018 #6
A lot of women still vote the way their husband does. BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #10
Racists often are sexists too, and women live in the spooky3 Sep 2018 #29
62-34 non-college educated white women for the grabber BeyondGeography Sep 2018 #7
Since 1970's 45% of women vote paternalistic, mostly due to fundamental / orthodox religions. TheBlackAdder Sep 2018 #8
Won't happen in 2018 SCantiGOP Sep 2018 #9
CNN has no credibility with me at all anymore. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2018 #11
Which election results? The ones that we know (2016) or Futurama? nt essme Sep 2018 #23
any of the midterms, for now. n/t dixiegrrrrl Sep 2018 #36
It wouldn't be dramatically less than that right now Awsi Dooger Sep 2018 #12
52% of the white women WHO VOTED Ohiogal Sep 2018 #13
Quit excusing this pathology wellst0nev0ter Sep 2018 #20
majority of those who voted did so for him JI7 Sep 2018 #21
The total number of women who voted for trump was 41%, still outrageous, but at least not still_one Sep 2018 #14
True, I was referencing White women Va Lefty Sep 2018 #17
I know Va, and the 52% is the number that trump lies about all the time still_one Sep 2018 #18
I know several of them MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #15
Don't think that will happen this next time around. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #16
Right, and I don't either shanti Sep 2018 #31
Not me. we can do it Sep 2018 #19
Yep. Many women are angry at, and jealous of, marybourg Sep 2018 #22
Excellent point. Had not thought about it this way. Va Lefty Sep 2018 #27
52% of white women WHO VOTED voted for Trump major debacle Sep 2018 #24
Some sort of genetic suicide switch turned on, perhaps? byronius Sep 2018 #25
have you seen them at his rallies?..They are Zombies samnsara Sep 2018 #26
There was a Trump rally near my house in 2016 at140 Sep 2018 #30
Damn. CentralMass Sep 2018 #33
The ones that voted for him had a visceral dislike of Hillary Tardislass Sep 2018 #28
Don't forget the authoritarian psyche: some people are just wired for hardliners. lindysalsagal Sep 2018 #32
And now we know that white women can be racists too. WhiteTara Sep 2018 #34
They identified more as being white than being women Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2018 #35
trump voters broke my heart. Like, seriously ecstatic Sep 2018 #37
And those very women . . . peggysue2 Sep 2018 #38
This woman is still not forgiving those dumbasses! Duppers Sep 2018 #39

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
3. wait a second...
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 08:33 PM
Sep 2018

Did you add 4 points to what I have read? Not that it makes me feel better, just truth in reporting. What's your source?

oops, should have asked for CNN source, exit polls are just that, maybe they told the truth, maybe not

BigmanPigman

(51,593 posts)
10. A lot of women still vote the way their husband does.
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 08:42 PM
Sep 2018

These are the people who do not want to face the fact that the US demographics has changed and that we in in a global economy and world (partially due to the internet). They want to go back to the 1950s and 60s before civil rights, women's rights, etc.

spooky3

(34,455 posts)
29. Racists often are sexists too, and women live in the
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 10:51 PM
Sep 2018

patriarchy and often internalize misogynist views.

TheBlackAdder

(28,201 posts)
8. Since 1970's 45% of women vote paternalistic, mostly due to fundamental / orthodox religions.
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 08:41 PM
Sep 2018

.

This is a static percentage, which included the ERA and beyond.

cawp.rutgers.edu The only university research organization studying women and politics.

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SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)
9. Won't happen in 2018
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 08:41 PM
Sep 2018

or 2020.
Trump could turn out perversely to be a great thing for the Democrats in the next decade.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
11. CNN has no credibility with me at all anymore.
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 08:51 PM
Sep 2018

They love to be dramatic about everything.

I will wait until after the election results become official.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
12. It wouldn't be dramatically less than that right now
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 08:58 PM
Sep 2018

44% of white females still support Trump

https://www.civiqs.com/results/approve_president_trump?annotations=true&net=false&uncertainty=true&gender=Female&race=White

And keep in mind Trump's overall approval rating in that 2016 exit poll was 38%. He received vote support far above his approval rating. Depending on our nominee and how much he/she is mangled, the same thing could happen again.

Ohiogal

(32,000 posts)
13. 52% of the white women WHO VOTED
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 09:02 PM
Sep 2018

You have to remember

Approx. 66% of all eligible voters voted in the 2016 election

Even if it was 50% men and 50% women

Half of 66% is 33%

How many of that 33% were white?

So in actuality the % of white women WHO VOTED who voted for the Asshole is much lower

 

wellst0nev0ter

(7,509 posts)
20. Quit excusing this pathology
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 09:30 PM
Sep 2018

Even if we didn't discount the white women who didn't voted, the fact of the matter is that most white women did NOT vote against the pussygrabber.

Period, end of sentence.

still_one

(92,192 posts)
14. The total number of women who voted for trump was 41%, still outrageous, but at least not
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 09:02 PM
Sep 2018

the majority of total women


shanti

(21,675 posts)
31. Right, and I don't either
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 11:07 PM
Sep 2018

Chump was an anomaly like Schwartzenegger, whose election was also hinky.

marybourg

(12,631 posts)
22. Yep. Many women are angry at, and jealous of,
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 09:43 PM
Sep 2018

women of their own generation or younger who’ve accomplished much more than them. Accomplished men are OK.

major debacle

(508 posts)
24. 52% of white women WHO VOTED voted for Trump
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 09:52 PM
Sep 2018

Gots to keep it in perspective. Still, that's unsettling. To give the Devil his due, Trump has pulled back the veiling hiding the warts on the face of America.

byronius

(7,395 posts)
25. Some sort of genetic suicide switch turned on, perhaps?
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 10:35 PM
Sep 2018

I've said a large chunk of his support comes from people who want to die but can't make the leap, so they do it in small ways that will unfortunately take a lot of people with them.

"Blow it all up" is a thing. And he was clearly that thing, let's face it. Everybody knew.

Internal fear and pain writ large across history -- 'now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.'

Hitler never broke 36.8%. Trump was a choice. A clear choice for Chaos.

at140

(6,110 posts)
30. There was a Trump rally near my house in 2016
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 10:56 PM
Sep 2018

in the Xfinity arena in Everett Washington. The cops blocked off all car traffic within 6 blocks of the arena. Driving through Everett (nearest big city to us) was horrible all day. 18,000 Trumpanzee's showed up for the grabber's rally. Capacity of Xfinity is 10,000 so 8000 were outside waiting!

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/5-takeaways-from-donald-trumps-rally-in-everett/

 

Tardislass

(86 posts)
28. The ones that voted for him had a visceral dislike of Hillary
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 10:42 PM
Sep 2018

I know a few and they called Hillary every name in the book-rhymed with witch and hated that she was ambitious and not lily white like Laura Bush who killed her boyfriend-cough. They still don't feel they did anything wrong by voting for him and justify themselves by thinking he was the best of a bad lot.

Oh and most hated Obama too.

lindysalsagal

(20,687 posts)
32. Don't forget the authoritarian psyche: some people are just wired for hardliners.
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 11:14 PM
Sep 2018

There are annual studies showing a bell curve around 20-25% of people are just too insecure to hem and haw in an unregulated world: They'd sooner be on the receiving end of authoritarian power than drifting around unconfined. That's the basic paradigm of conservatism: "I'm still shaky: somebody take charge, please."

Obama was inspirational but didn't give them enough empty promises of parental reassurance: He asked them to think in the grey, complicated details of the adult world, and they are terrified of it.

Add to that the racism and resentment, and frump was in the right place at the right time. People were scared by the near financial collapse. Now they're scared of growing ethnicity and world instability. These people also aren't coping with the 24/7 news cycle from all over the world. Now, you get live video of riots anywhere, and so they're feeling bombarded by fear and dread: THey can't keep the perspective that the news stations are just getting rich off of every little hangnail that happens. It's a big world, and every ditch collapse or downed plane feels like their own existance is threatened.

Add to that the smart women who didn't vote, and voila: chaos moves in.And it's a gangster with yellow hair and lots of harlots.

WhiteTara

(29,715 posts)
34. And now we know that white women can be racists too.
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:07 AM
Sep 2018

They also probably hate other women because they could be "competition."

ecstatic

(32,705 posts)
37. trump voters broke my heart. Like, seriously
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 01:24 AM
Sep 2018

broke my heart. I'd never felt so disappointed, betrayed, disgusted, and helpless.

peggysue2

(10,829 posts)
38. And those very women . . .
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 01:33 AM
Sep 2018

have had a "Come to Jesus Moment."

They were wrong but they are now . . .

Mad As Hell!

Let's Bury 'em in November, friends!

Duppers

(28,120 posts)
39. This woman is still not forgiving those dumbasses!
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:58 PM
Sep 2018

It was so damn apparent who TRump was before the election.

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