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In reply to the discussion: Just found out that 52% of white women voted.... [View all]BannonsLiver
(16,370 posts)94. SHE probably thinks its going great
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It's true and horrifying. They vote as their husbands vote. Or as their fathers did.
Squinch
Mar 2018
#3
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
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
"Draining the swamp" meant "getting rid of libruls" not getting rid of corruption . . .
Nay
Mar 2018
#76
For many women, cultural issues usurp womens rights issues. Fear Trumps common sense.
Trust Buster
Mar 2018
#8
Well, to speak to the previous reply about voter turnout, the number of black women voting declined
CentralMass
Mar 2018
#36
White women are some of the biggest supporters of racism. Oppressors do an excellent job of pitting
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2018
#19
In many ways, some of the hallmarks of American racism -- the way we police, the way we compensate
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2018
#25
Women preferred Nixon over JFK, men voted democrat that year, the female vote almost or always went
braddy
Mar 2018
#21
Perhaps we should have not expended so much energy pandering to that demographic
GaryCnf
Mar 2018
#37
Polling showed a large shift in women away from Hillary to Trump after Comey interfered in October
wishstar
Mar 2018
#58
This is why it's so important for people of color and LGTBQ people to vote because
underthematrix
Mar 2018
#81
The need to belong can sometimes be stronger than the need to be one's own self
nolabels
Mar 2018
#88