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WhiskeyGrinder

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13. White women are both a tool and a weapon in the system of white supremacy; as such,
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 07:47 AM
Jul 2021

they can be some of its staunchest defenders.

I wonder if big regional swings drive this overall number Buckeyeblue Jul 2021 #1
I suspect the southern element is baked in Cosmocat Jul 2021 #7
It has to be because Biden would not have won in other parts without increase in White women support JI7 Jul 2021 #15
I bet Q devotion had a lot to do with it. tblue37 Jul 2021 #30
He also gained support among Latina women in border states. There's no accounting for it. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #2
So BeerBarrelPolka Jul 2021 #3
No! White women like Marge Traitor Greene and "Who Framed Lorena Bobert" maxrandb Jul 2021 #4
So BeerBarrelPolka Jul 2021 #5
No, I'm saying maxrandb Jul 2021 #8
Women like that surely voted for him in 2016, too. So who/what accounts for the 6% swing? StarfishSaver Jul 2021 #9
I think that they were very good at data-mining every Dumbfuckistan Murika shithole maxrandb Jul 2021 #11
The turnout for this election was massively higher than any other election. 13% more people Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #14
I go along with this way of thinking FakeNoose Jul 2021 #28
More white women voted in 2020 than in 2016. yardwork Jul 2021 #29
Q tblue37 Jul 2021 #31
With mail in ballots, more women voted the way their husbands told them to? Klaralven Jul 2021 #6
That could very well be a factor. nt. Mariana Jul 2021 #21
Well, there goes the 'women are smarter' claim Maeve Jul 2021 #10
Just goes to show there's plenty of stupid to go around nuxvomica Jul 2021 #12
White women are both a tool and a weapon in the system of white supremacy; as such, WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #13
Yea but you'd Elessar Zappa Jul 2021 #16
I wouldn't think that, actually. White women voters have broken for the Democratic presidential WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #17
Wow, I didn't know that. Elessar Zappa Jul 2021 #19
plenty do not put women's issues high in their priorities Amishman Jul 2021 #41
White women have a history of supporting the police... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #18
I could see that explaining Congressional and down ballot races StarfishSaver Jul 2021 #25
I view this with a regional and geographical lens. apcalc Jul 2021 #20
Same here in New England. smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #24
OMG, why? sinkingfeeling Jul 2021 #22
Interesting information. Hugin Jul 2021 #23
That's b4 adding in the Trump/Q poll factor. BootinUp Jul 2021 #26
K&R Solly Mack Jul 2021 #27
I will never, never understand this mcar Jul 2021 #32
Evangelical Christianity is a big piece of the puzzle too Bettie Jul 2021 #34
Authoritarian PERSONALITY is behind this. No surprise that authoritarian Hortensis Jul 2021 #36
Agreed - it just wouldn't make any sense, would it? walkingman Jul 2021 #38
Abortion Polybius Jul 2021 #47
White supremacy is a hell of a drug. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #54
I wish I knew Bettie Jul 2021 #33
Seriously, what's up all right. We know some more RWers came out Hortensis Jul 2021 #35
We didn't lose voters, I am sure of that. Happy Hoosier Jul 2021 #37
Did the alleged gains in the Stock Market factor into this... WyattKansas Jul 2021 #39
CNN exit polls for white/black women... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #40
The Pew Report - more accurate than CNN's exit polling - shows only 5% of Black female Trump voters StarfishSaver Jul 2021 #42
It might still be the result of less excitement... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #44
His Hispanic support Elessar Zappa Jul 2021 #46
Yeah, I read something along those lines... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #49
I thought that was weird, too - but not unusual StarfishSaver Jul 2021 #48
It's like when the media Elessar Zappa Jul 2021 #50
Exactly StarfishSaver Jul 2021 #51
Education? romana Jul 2021 #43
And, sadly, I still know a few women who "vote the same as their husbands"... NurseJackie Jul 2021 #45
This was an intentional focus of the Trump/Republican campaigns and the source of their biggest lies jpljr77 Jul 2021 #52
Fear of demographic changes. moondust Jul 2021 #53
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