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In reply to the discussion: No, White Women Didn't Vote for Trump [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)28. The determined bigotry against "white women" in this thread alone
is staggering. I'm not going to argue the indecency and dishonesty of that. Obviously we're running up against an entrenched hostility as intransigent here as anything trumpists are prone to.
Below's a relatively more neutral fact that needn't be so determinedly knee-jerked into oblivion. Those inclined may enjoy claiming it "proves" everything has always been all the fault of white women. (! )
For others, it'll probably just be a reminder that significant numbers of white women have always been an important, indispensable force behind every civil rights advance America has made in the last century. NONE of it could have happened without belief and commitment among white women to equality.
White women are 41% of the electorate, per Pew Research. This is the biggest demographic group in the electorate...
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What was the percentage of white men that voted for the vile misogynist racist disturbs me, or the
LizBeth
Dec 2020
#4
62% of white male voters voted for Trump, per Pew Research, which also produced the 47% figure for
spooky3
Dec 2020
#6
I was just told sexism is not a man issue, that women are responsible too. So now we are blamed for
LizBeth
Dec 2020
#2
Right on sister. The Eve story is so indicative of the weak and cowardly triumphing as success. Lol
LizBeth
Dec 2020
#27
I'm bookmarking this because I would bet my house that this blame of white women will
Squinch
Dec 2020
#14
White Women ARE called out and Shamed for it. ANd White Women who voted for Hillary said they were
JI7
Dec 2020
#44
Oh thank god, I was worried white women might have to examine their role in the U.S.'s
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 2020
#22
In 2016 he won white women 47% to 45% for Clinton. We'll have to wait for 2020
mathematic
Dec 2020
#26