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rainin

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34. If you are in this demographic,
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 10:22 AM
Nov 2017

THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.

Could we do something to recruit Michelle Obama to run? I have no doubt she could right this ship.

You mean our base. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #1
+1 betsuni Nov 2017 #2
Yes... our BASE! Our loyal base! Speaking of which: I'm still confused why it is... NurseJackie Nov 2017 #7
Some try to make it look like DFA members and the like are our base. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #12
Is that the group that Howard Dean disavowed... NurseJackie Nov 2017 #19
That's them. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #22
What's Especially Sad About THat Me. Nov 2017 #56
+1 uponit7771 Nov 2017 #28
Why so divisive already? It was women. Particularly the subgroup educated women. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #33
Here are numbers on educated women (and married women) frazzled Nov 2017 #40
Thx. I posted the WaPo demographics separately. They are based on exit polls so aren't official. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #51
Totally workinclasszero Nov 2017 #69
Reclaiming our time! nt mamas Nov 2017 #3
I would say so! Woohoo!!!! Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #5
K&R betsuni Nov 2017 #4
Thank you shenmue Nov 2017 #6
It was actually white men and white women who made the difference oberliner Nov 2017 #8
So it was the two groups who voted Republican? NCTraveler Nov 2017 #13
Yes oberliner Nov 2017 #16
You are making a correlation where none exists. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #17
It exists oberliner Nov 2017 #20
Not in the manner in which you initially described. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #25
What was omitted? oberliner Nov 2017 #29
In other words, they finally got some sense in their heads. brush Nov 2017 #50
You'd also have to know the share of the total vote each group represented mythology Nov 2017 #14
Definitely a day to celebrate oberliner Nov 2017 #18
The share is on the graphic grantcart Nov 2017 #41
AA women did not give the margin of difference oberliner Nov 2017 #60
Which is why this white southern guy thinks people of color, GulfCoast66 Nov 2017 #65
+1 progressoid Nov 2017 #75
K&R Quayblue Nov 2017 #9
The base of the Democratic Party. nt LexVegas Nov 2017 #10
It was people. Kentonio Nov 2017 #11
Every vote matters! Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #15
The true D base! mcar Nov 2017 #21
Once again it appears that damn near half of white liquid diamond Nov 2017 #23
A year after Donald won and they still did so. Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #27
They are truly hopeless I believe. Ligyron Nov 2017 #35
Thank you for raising them to be strong and independent. liquid diamond Nov 2017 #46
The irony, of course, is the so-called 'authoritative' PatrickforO Nov 2017 #47
That is unfair...48% of white women voted for Northam...without those votes the Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #48
The VA election was about diversity more than women's rights IronLionZion Nov 2017 #36
Need to know what the concerns were in each group to help them vote D. LiberalFighter Nov 2017 #24
Huge difference between the women and the men treestar Nov 2017 #26
What compels nine percent more AA men to vote for a racist shit like Gillespie? RhodeIslandOne Nov 2017 #30
That's what blows my mind. Ligyron Nov 2017 #39
Maybe those who think they are somehow special?! Lucky Luciano Nov 2017 #45
This might be too simplistic but, here goes.. They are men. pangaia Nov 2017 #52
Virginia has a heavy military presence, brer cat Nov 2017 #76
People of Color are a very powerful voting bloc. MineralMan Nov 2017 #31
I've seen an indication of this not wanting to give credit where credit is due: suburbian women Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #32
If you are in this demographic, rainin Nov 2017 #34
Either Michelle Obama or sagesnow Nov 2017 #59
YES!! Love them both! n/t rainin Nov 2017 #74
Thank you, Sisters and Mothers! forgotmylogin Nov 2017 #37
ALL VOTES MATTER!1!1!1 Thank you everyone who supported the Democrats! IronLionZion Nov 2017 #38
They absolutely led the way. AA men weren't far behind. grantcart Nov 2017 #42
I'm disappointed in such a divisive OP titaniumsalute Nov 2017 #43
I dont see it as divisive but a misunderstanding of how politics works perhaps GusBob Nov 2017 #54
Agreed titaniumsalute Nov 2017 #55
I think it was both...we need everyone...but I hope that some who have spoken about Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #44
I'm a white woman DownriverDem Nov 2017 #49
I did not see it that way but I changed the title. Am glad for all the DEMS voters. Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #61
Now maybe we can't stop with all this let's not talk "identity politics" crap! rainlillie Nov 2017 #53
Here's what is really distressing. Why can't the Dems win White women? Yavin4 Nov 2017 #57
Husbands and children Awsi Dooger Nov 2017 #79
Black women are the foundation of the Democratic Party. wildeyed Nov 2017 #58
well said and second that onetexan Nov 2017 #62
+1 uponit7771 Nov 2017 #63
Just do the math from the posted info. 58Sunliner Nov 2017 #64
Makes sense there are many ways to look at the numbers. We needed everyone that worked & showed up! Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #66
Math only supports data, not emotion. 58Sunliner Nov 2017 #77
Outstanding! MuseRider Nov 2017 #67
White women did good as 48% voted for Northam. Black women who were less of the population Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #68
Well sure their votes helped MuseRider Nov 2017 #71
Sad that I am a minority within my demographic lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #70
Great thread Gothmog Nov 2017 #72
Bless Them. Every vote for our side counted but that's where they most reliably came from n/t Tom Rinaldo Nov 2017 #73
K & R SunSeeker Nov 2017 #78
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