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2016 Postmortem

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts) Thu Oct 2, 2014, 11:52 AM Oct 2014

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There is a huge gender gap in this year's elections and.its widening

Men want rethugs elected and women want democrats http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/with-a-democratic-push-gender-gap-widening-into-gender-gulf-in-2014-20141002

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There is a huge gender gap in this year's elections and.its widening (Original Post) bigdarryl Oct 2014 OP

Sounds good! yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #1

Except for that voter suppression thingie... CTyankee Oct 2014 #7

Those creepy ads the Republicans put out should help as well Kalidurga Oct 2014 #2

This holds true even when the republicans are running a woman FBaggins Oct 2014 #3

I'm a 48 y.o. white guy in TX and I never want the GOP to win anything, not even local dog catcher. blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #4

White men voting GOP are minority Robbins Oct 2014 #5

Age gap dwpoland Oct 2014 #6

I'm a man & I sure as heck don't want rethugs elected! CaptainTruth Oct 2014 #8

You might want to watch that. potone Oct 2014 #9

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)

1. Sounds good!

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 11:55 AM

Oct 2014

There are more woman in America so we should keep the Senate and take the House. All good to me.

CTyankee

(63,880 posts)

7. Except for that voter suppression thingie...

Reply to yeoman6987 (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 05:39 PM

Oct 2014

THAT is what worries me...

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

2. Those creepy ads the Republicans put out should help as well

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 12:00 PM

Oct 2014

I think most women think they are creepy. Only a (conservative) guy could think women are only concerned about birth control and wedding dresses.

FBaggins

(26,714 posts)

3. This holds true even when the republicans are running a woman

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 02:30 PM

Oct 2014

and our candidate is male.

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

4. I'm a 48 y.o. white guy in TX and I never want the GOP to win anything, not even local dog catcher.

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 03:29 PM

Oct 2014

Robbins

(5,066 posts)

5. White men voting GOP are minority

Reply to blkmusclmachine (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 03:58 PM

Oct 2014

of white men.I am 40 year old white guy In Missouri who never votes GOP so I know those like me are minority of white men In
America.Most white men who vote democratc tend to be among 18 to 30.Older tha

dwpoland

(11 posts)

6. Age gap

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 05:27 PM

Oct 2014

The age gap makes it interesting.

CaptainTruth

(6,567 posts)

8. I'm a man & I sure as heck don't want rethugs elected!

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 10:22 PM

Oct 2014

Maybe that's because I have a brain, capable of independent, critical thought, & I'm reality-based.

potone

(1,701 posts)

9. You might want to watch that.

Reply to CaptainTruth (Reply #8)

Fri Oct 3, 2014, 04:42 AM

Oct 2014

In today's America those are all qualities that would qualify you for psychiatric evaluation. Especially if the Republicans win!

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