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ismnotwasm

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42. Oh dear, let me clarify

Sun Mar 11, 2018, 11:39 AM

Mar 2018

“I wish people had voted like the Black women who voted did”

I hope I’m not starting to seeing blame being place on people of color for the existence of Trump—not your particular comment, but a couple of articles I’ve seen lately. The black vote turn out has very different optics than the white one, and should be placed in context

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Just found out that 52% of white women voted.... [View all] LAS14 Mar 2018 OP

From the article at the link: JDC Mar 2018 #1

Well Proud liberal 80 Mar 2018 #11

👆👆👆☝☝☝👆👆👆☝☝☝ this 👆👆👆👆👆☝☝☝☝☝nt irisblue Mar 2018 #29

Yep! pandr32 Mar 2018 #57

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2018 #72

In 2012, Romney won white women with 56 percent. bearsfootball516 Mar 2018 #2

It's true and horrifying. They vote as their husbands vote. Or as their fathers did. Squinch Mar 2018 #3

Indeed. Women like Susan Sarandon who have nothing to lose. Wwcd Mar 2018 #5

I'd like to see a married/unmarried divide crazycatlady Mar 2018 #13

A new psychological insight into single and married women voters. Exotica Mar 2018 #33

Interesting. Thank you! smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #48

The white married trump-voting women I know Bettie Mar 2018 #65

This. The two Republican women I know who are NOT religious voted for Nay Mar 2018 #74

Unmarried women mostly voted for Hillary. nt tblue37 Mar 2018 #50

Dear lord, I thought the husband determining a woman's vote PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #69

I've had to refrain myself from punching the people crazycatlady Mar 2018 #85

No surprise that you ran across that in the Bible belt. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #86

i would agree with Squinch RazBerryBeret Mar 2018 #14

Yikes! Their husbands spoke for them! Squinch Mar 2018 #26

yep... RazBerryBeret Mar 2018 #43

or as there rich kids did CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #55

Likely true in some cases, but in many they voted for things like the Supreme Court karynnj Mar 2018 #61

Not all of us do!!! Although both my Dad and Granddad were big Democrats in Illinois. redstatebluegirl Mar 2018 #68

I know. I'm one of the 48%. But it is so embarassing that this is my demographic. Squinch Mar 2018 #84

OR how their pastors tell them to vote BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #93

Well here's 1 white woman who sure as hell didn't. This is stunning. I don't get it. Vinca Mar 2018 #4

Make that 2 white women who didn't vote for that ugly - inside and out - person zeusdogmom Mar 2018 #6

Three... and I know dozens more who didnt. tavernier Mar 2018 #47

Four. redstatebluegirl Mar 2018 #70

Five. MontanaMama Mar 2018 #82

On election night 2016 I can still remember a young GWC58 Mar 2018 #7

She doesnt even know what that means likely RhodeIslandOne Mar 2018 #28

"Draining the swamp" meant "getting rid of libruls" not getting rid of corruption . . . Nay Mar 2018 #76

SHE probably thinks its going great BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #94

For many women, cultural issues usurp womens rights issues. Fear Trumps common sense. Trust Buster Mar 2018 #8

True. In my post above, I forgot to mention how many more women there are Nay Mar 2018 #75

If this is true, it is to my personal eternal and lasting shame! BlueMTexpat Mar 2018 #9

I think they vote the way their Daddy did, seems to be the pattern. betsuni Mar 2018 #10

Perhaps ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #41

We had a turn-out problem in 2016: as a general rule, Clinton won struggle4progress Mar 2018 #12

This is why I wish people had voted like Black women did. ismnotwasm Mar 2018 #15

Well, to speak to the previous reply about voter turnout, the number of black women voting declined CentralMass Mar 2018 #36

Oh dear, let me clarify ismnotwasm Mar 2018 #42

No, not all I understood your meaning. I was just add some stats. CentralMass Mar 2018 #45

Yeah ismnotwasm Mar 2018 #54

simple JennyMominFL Mar 2018 #16

White women vote the way their men tell them to vote. UCmeNdc Mar 2018 #17

Not any that I know. tavernier Mar 2018 #49

My mother sure did not! CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #56

There are racist white women out there who hate nonwhites dalton99a Mar 2018 #18

White women are some of the biggest supporters of racism. Oppressors do an excellent job of pitting WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #19

I don't understand when racism is discussed the discussion jrthin Mar 2018 #22

In many ways, some of the hallmarks of American racism -- the way we police, the way we compensate WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #25

it's always the same Locrian Mar 2018 #38

Agreed. Sometimes I think that schoolchildren should take 10 years of psych Nay Mar 2018 #78

Racism 'trumps' misogyny....and misogyny is biblical too-nt poboy2 Mar 2018 #20

Women preferred Nixon over JFK, men voted democrat that year, the female vote almost or always went braddy Mar 2018 #21

I think 1964 too Stargleamer Mar 2018 #92

1964 was the last year time that we won the white vote. braddy Mar 2018 #96

White anger and grievance. Someone on MTP said "junkyard dog." yallerdawg Mar 2018 #23

My sister definitely voted the way her husband did DFW Mar 2018 #24

I am a white woman who didnt vote for Trump. Only 1 white woman I know did. Shrike47 Mar 2018 #27

I know of 4 CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #60

This statistic is misleading Ohiogal Mar 2018 #30

He lies, I looked it up. Hillary got 54% of the women's vote , he got 41% Autumn Mar 2018 #40

Thank you for that research, Autumn. Ohiogal Mar 2018 #63

Yes it is a lie. One that people gladly accept. Autumn Mar 2018 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author David__77 Mar 2018 #77

THANK YOU Skittles Mar 2018 #89

There are many white women who are conservatives. Willie Pep Mar 2018 #31

Those women get their politics from the same places as their husbands: Zen Democrat Mar 2018 #46

Racism could explain a lot of those votes. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #32

What's the shocker? Odoreida Mar 2018 #34

Conventional wisdom says that Trump has alienated women, in particular. nt LAS14 Mar 2018 #91

Women can be just as racist as men HopeAgain Mar 2018 #35

Perhaps we should have not expended so much energy pandering to that demographic GaryCnf Mar 2018 #37

Excellent point. dalton99a Mar 2018 #39

+1000. Some people can't be reasoned with ecstatic Mar 2018 #52

. dalton99a Mar 2018 #64

omg! @ the "Adorably Deplorable" T-shirt ecstatic Mar 2018 #71

+1, "it needs to focus on identities/groups that help us." amen !!!! uponit7771 Mar 2018 #73

A female friend summed up her vote for the GOP thusly Jake Stern Mar 2018 #44

followup questions Skittles Mar 2018 #90

He spoke of lowering taxes and that's all it took for some Jake Stern Mar 2018 #98

followup question Skittles Mar 2018 #99

Can't see it Jake Stern Mar 2018 #100

In 2008 Obama got 38% of white women. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #51

I love this photo. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #53

Polling showed a large shift in women away from Hillary to Trump after Comey interfered in October wishstar Mar 2018 #58

From other elections.. CentralMass Mar 2018 #59

white women are some of the biggest racists I know.. noel1237 Mar 2018 #62

Really? No men? CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #67

What do firearm have to do with it? Only racists use firearms? EX500rider Mar 2018 #79

White women are very scared and gullible Awsi Dooger Mar 2018 #80

This is why it's so important for people of color and LGTBQ people to vote because underthematrix Mar 2018 #81

Mostly just the ones that lean republican nolabels Mar 2018 #83

An article supporting your statement CentralMass Mar 2018 #87

The need to belong can sometimes be stronger than the need to be one's own self nolabels Mar 2018 #88

Hillary got 54% of the women's vote , he got 41%. 52% of that 41% were white women Autumn Mar 2018 #97

First they came for the union organizers, then they came for the....... nolabels Mar 2018 #102

Fox News sold them out against their best interests. Initech Mar 2018 #95

That information has been out there for a while. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2018 #101