2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The first woman EVER was running, and Trump got 42% of the female vote; abortion issue to blame? [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)Minority women typically vote Democratic pretty strongly and reliably. White women tend to be a far more complex. White women vote in all sorts of different ways depending on their geographic location, age, education, marital status, etc.
But no matter how you look at it...the fact 53% of white women voted for Trump has to absolutely be a total disappointment not just for Hillary but feminism as a whole. Trump may be the most misogynistic candidate in the modern political era. Yet women voted for him over the first potential female president? This wasn't John McCain or Marco Rubio or half-way decent person. This was Donald Trump!
That's bad....no matter how you twist it. It's bad. And it's something feminists will be trying to figure out and explain for years to come. There's some type type of disconnect there between Democrats and white women. And that needs more attention.