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- Anonymous2 years ago
Two years ago, 53 percent of white women voters cast their ballots not for the first woman presidential nominee from a major party, but for a man who had been caught on tape bragging about his ability to grab women “by the pussy.”
Political scientists said this should come as no surprise, since women have never been a reliable voting bloc. Women — especially white women — vote their party, not their gender.
Half of white women is hardly a landslide, but the shift contributed to a history-making night for Democrats, who scored the highest margin of victory ever among women voters in a midterm election, with 59 percent of women across the country voting for Democrats in the House.
White women, especially those with college educations, have been moving away from Republicans for several years, Susan Carroll, a professor of political science and women’s and gender studies at Rutgers University, told Vox. And while the reasons are many, “it seems pretty clear that it’s a response to the politics of the Trump administration and the Republican Party.”
For some white women who voted Republican or stayed home in 2016, President Donald Trump’s degrading comments about women may have made the difference. For others, maybe it was the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. For still others, maybe it was the leadership of women activists and candidates of color.
Whatever the case, after two years of a Trump presidency, some white women have gotten to a place where many women of color have been for some time: disgusted with Republicans and ready to turn out in force for Democrats. The question is how long they’ll stay there — and whether more white women will join them.
This year saw the largest-ever share of women voting for Democrats in a midterm election, according to the Washington Post. The surge was mostly due to the shift among white women, as well as among independent women. (56 percent of independent women voted for Democrats in 2018, compared with just 48 percent in 2016.)
White, college-educated women in particular swung heavily left in 2018, with 59 percent voting for Democratic House candidates, compared with just 49 percent in 2016.
Women of color, meanwhile, voted for Democrats at high rates, just as they did in 2016. Ninety-two percent of black women and 73 percent of Latina women voted for Democratic House candidates this year, compared with 94 percent of black women and 69 percent of Latina women in 2016.
- Anonymous2 years ago
Churches brainwash women to vote Republican too
- Anonymous2 years ago
Democrats got the female vote. And Democrats think that is all they are good for. Votes.
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- Anonymous2 years ago
Women are dumb
- yogicskierLv 72 years ago
More women voted for Democrats.
In fact, Democrats won many more votes than Republicans in the latest election.
- ?Lv 72 years ago
Democrats won women’s vote for Congress by 19 points, with 59 percent voting Democrat and 40 percent voting Republican — the largest margin seen in midterm exit polls.
The last time women voted for Democrats anywhere near that margin was more than 30 years ago. In 1982, 58 percent of women voted for Democrats and 41 percent voted for Republicans.
Young women made their voices heard, as well, with two-thirds of voters younger than 30 voting for Democrats for Congress, compared with 32 percent who voted for Republicans, according to exit polls.