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How Many Women Does the GOP Want to Lose?
By A.B. Stoddard
September 21, 2018
In the firestorm of allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Republicans have made clear that mitigating their woman problem has taken a back seat to voting him onto the Supreme Court as soon as possible.
A Republican consultant summed it up this week, noting privately, Id lose the House to get Justice Kavanaugh.
Young voters, minority voters, college-educated voters, independent voters as Republicans hemorrhage support across the board, hell, why not give up on women as well? A new political realignment caused by the flight of white, college-educated women from the GOP has loomed since President Trump was elected. And it became an electoral threat to Republicans well before anyone learned Dr. Christine Blasey Fords name.
Some Republicans remain in denial about the shift, which has been exacerbated by Trump. In 2016, Hillary Clintons advantage with women voters, and Trumps advantage with men, produced the widest gender gap in history. Trump, however, won 53 percent of white women. Yet Steve Bannon bluntly conceded months ago that Trump has ushered in an anti-patriarchy movement. The presidents former chief strategist said that the Republican college-educated woman is done. Theyre gone. They were going to anyway at some point in time. Trump triggers them.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/09/21/how_many_women_does_the_gop_want_to_lose_138130.html
September 21, 2018
In the firestorm of allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Republicans have made clear that mitigating their woman problem has taken a back seat to voting him onto the Supreme Court as soon as possible.
A Republican consultant summed it up this week, noting privately, Id lose the House to get Justice Kavanaugh.
Young voters, minority voters, college-educated voters, independent voters as Republicans hemorrhage support across the board, hell, why not give up on women as well? A new political realignment caused by the flight of white, college-educated women from the GOP has loomed since President Trump was elected. And it became an electoral threat to Republicans well before anyone learned Dr. Christine Blasey Fords name.
Some Republicans remain in denial about the shift, which has been exacerbated by Trump. In 2016, Hillary Clintons advantage with women voters, and Trumps advantage with men, produced the widest gender gap in history. Trump, however, won 53 percent of white women. Yet Steve Bannon bluntly conceded months ago that Trump has ushered in an anti-patriarchy movement. The presidents former chief strategist said that the Republican college-educated woman is done. Theyre gone. They were going to anyway at some point in time. Trump triggers them.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/09/21/how_many_women_does_the_gop_want_to_lose_138130.html
Gee whiz, it almost seems like RCP doesn't always stand for RepubliCretinPablum!
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How Many Women Does the GOP Want to Lose? (Original Post)
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Sep 2018
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Turbineguy
(37,370 posts)1. Power.
They have it now. Every day they keep it is a victory. Tomorrow may never come.
CrispyQ
(36,525 posts)2. Bannon bluntly conceded months ago that Trump has ushered in an "anti-patriarchy movement."
Good thing, cuz the end game is to take away our vote. People say, oh that won't happen but the extreme right groups have already floated the idea. The hate against women is stunning and scary.
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)7. I agree. They will come after our right to vote.
They'll go after birth control overtly first. It's easier to put women in what they consider our place if we can't control our pregnancies.
Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)3. 53% of white women
Will someone explain that to me?
marybourg
(12,635 posts)4. Resentment towards and envy
of a more accomplished woman.
LenaBaby61
(6,977 posts)6. Don't forget ....
Racism plays a part as always.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)5. Over time
it will be more important for white women to identify as female than as white, because white Republican men treat white women and all people of color about the same. The Kavanaugh hearings are confirming that, but it takes time.