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pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 03:19 PM Nov 2016

Women will be the ones to save America from Trump.

Along with African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, Asians, Muslims, LGBT people, immigrants, children of immigrants, and millennials -- but women comprise the largest group of Hillary's supporters.

http://www.vice.com/read/women-will-be-the-ones-to-save-america-from-trump?utm_source=dmfb

If Hillary Clinton wins the election on Tuesday and saves America from the perils of a Donald Trump presidency, thank the nearest woman, and the nearest feminist.

It's women who are supporting Clinton with the kind of force that could win her the election. It's women of color, college-educated white women, and single women who are particularly strong supporters. And it's feminists who have laid the decades-long groundwork to get us here.

While Clinton has a diverse coalition behind her, Trump's Anti-Establishment candidacy ironically relies on the most traditionally powerful Establishment group around: white men. White men without college degrees are voting for Trump (as are married white women), but so are white male college graduates. If only men voted, Trump would win 350 electoral votes to Clinton's 158, according to FiveThirtyEight's projection tool. If only white men cast ballots, Trump would win all but 45 electoral votes.

This is not a coincidence. Every American election since 1980 has seen a gender gap, with women generally supporting the Democratic candidate and men supporting the Republican one. But the gap this year is particularly pronounced, especially among the subgroups of women who are most likely to come out to the voting booth. Higher education, single status, and financial freedom all make women more likely to back Clinton. The more independent, formidable, and self-reliant a woman is, the more likely she is to support a feminist-minded woman for president.

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Women will be the ones to save America from Trump. (Original Post) pnwmom Nov 2016 OP
That's huge by itself, but I wonder if it's the start of something even bigger. Mister Ed Nov 2016 #1
Recommended. guillaumeb Nov 2016 #2
I, for one, MyOwnPeace Nov 2016 #6

Mister Ed

(5,940 posts)
1. That's huge by itself, but I wonder if it's the start of something even bigger.
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 03:23 PM
Nov 2016

Women are the sleeping tiger of this world. When the tiger walks, things will be different.

Perhaps the tiger is stirring...

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
6. I, for one,
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 03:55 PM
Nov 2016

can't imagine why ANY woman (or person, actually!) would vote for the orange curse!
At the same time, I wonder if some/many women are voting AGAINST him, but reluctantly accepting Hillary.
(confession - I am a white male over 60).
I voted for Hillary because of her platform and ideas.
For me, it also just happens that she's a woman.
I think she'll be a great leader, and that our next President is a woman, well, it's about time!

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