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NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 11:33 AM Aug 2019

33 points - in 2016, white women without college degrees went for Trump by 27 points

Now, Trump trails a generic Democrat about the same demographic by 6 points. A 33 point swing.


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Now, if only white men can get their shit together, too.

huge danger sign for Trump in new NBC/WSJ poll:

among white women without college degrees, Trump trails generic 2020 Democrat by 6 percentage points

in 2016, exit polls showed him beating Hillary among those voters by 27 percentage points
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33 points - in 2016, white women without college degrees went for Trump by 27 points (Original Post) NewJeffCT Aug 2019 OP
Unfortunately specific Democrats always trail generic Democrats Recursion Aug 2019 #1
In my experience ( I have no numbers to back up this claim) TheRealNorth Aug 2019 #2
I agree mama Aug 2019 #3
These women... Control-Z Aug 2019 #11
These voters thought Trump would "change" if he won. Cattledog Aug 2019 #4
I didn't need a college degree to know three years ago he was a disgusting human being, CrispyQ Aug 2019 #5
if you're busy living day-to-day NewJeffCT Aug 2019 #7
You had to be living under a rock to not have seen the Access Hollywood tape or heard the audio. -nt CrispyQ Aug 2019 #8
yet NewJeffCT Aug 2019 #9
Politicians are all the same... Johnny2X2X Aug 2019 #10
Glad to hear that women are waking up. lindysalsagal Aug 2019 #6

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
1. Unfortunately specific Democrats always trail generic Democrats
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 11:42 AM
Aug 2019

This is a good sign, but it's going to be a long 15 months ahead...

TheRealNorth

(9,471 posts)
2. In my experience ( I have no numbers to back up this claim)
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 11:42 AM
Aug 2019

That dempgraphic group seems to use Facebook the most. So I am still not super confident about that lead when you got Falun Gong already pouring more money into social media on behalf of Trump then all Democrats combined.

mama

(163 posts)
3. I agree
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 11:51 AM
Aug 2019

Many acquaintances from my younger years "liked" the Russian posts which targeted them. These women often aren't confident in their own ability to make a decision and believe the latest opinion they heard expressed with conviction.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
11. These women...
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 02:21 PM
Aug 2019

'believe the latest opinion they heard expressed with conviction." Or,

whatever their privileged, white husband tells them to believe.

CrispyQ

(36,424 posts)
5. I didn't need a college degree to know three years ago he was a disgusting human being,
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 12:34 PM
Aug 2019

not worthy to hold any public office, much less the highest of the land. I'm glad they finally see the light, but WTH?

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
7. if you're busy living day-to-day
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 12:59 PM
Aug 2019

trying to make ends meet, it could be difficult to focus on the news - you may have time to look at Facebook or Twitter or watch a few snippets of the evening news. In those cases, you've probably forgotten last week's Trump scandals and the scandals from last month and two months ago... but, you are barraged with Hillary's emails over and over. The media and Trump made a mountain out of a molehill sized scandal with her emails, while the daily mountains of scandals from Trump are put on the same footing.

CrispyQ

(36,424 posts)
8. You had to be living under a rock to not have seen the Access Hollywood tape or heard the audio. -nt
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 01:31 PM
Aug 2019

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
9. yet
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 01:49 PM
Aug 2019

Trump stayed in the race, Pence stayed on the ticket and the media moved on to different scandals.

Johnny2X2X

(18,973 posts)
10. Politicians are all the same...
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 01:56 PM
Aug 2019

That's the saying that Trumpsters believe. So when you say, "Trump lies" they answer, "Every politician lies." Or Trump is a sexual Predator , they say "other politicians were too."

They've just equated all lies the same and 1 lie as equal to 11,000 lies. It's been very effective for them.

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