A problem Warren had on Super Tuesday was connecting with female voters

[Kaleva]

Last edited Wed Mar 4, 2020, 04:06 PM - Edit history (1)

Looking at exit poll data at WP

Minnesota

Biden 41% of female vote
Sanders 25% of female vote
Warren 19% of female vote

Massachusetts

Biden 34% of female vote
Sanders 26% of female vote
Warren 24% of female vote

California

Biden 24% of female vote
Sanders 31% of female vote
Warren 15% of female vote

Median support in Super Tuesday states

Biden 36% of female vote
Sanders 26% of female vote
Warren 16% of female vote

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/exit-polls-2020-super-tuesday-primary/

Here is exit poll data from two earlier contests:

New Hampshire

Sanders 31% of the female vote
Buttigieg 22% of the female vote
Klobuchar 17% of the female vote
Warren 7% of the female vote
Biden 8% of the female vote

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/exit-polls-2020-new-hampshire-primary/

South Carolina

Biden 49% of the female vote
Buttigieg 8% of the female vote
Gabbard 1% of the female vote
Klobuchar 4% of the female vote
Sanders 17% of the female vote
Steyer 12% of the female vote
Warren 8% of the female vote

https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/entrance-and-exit-polls/south-carolina/democratic

[CentralMass]

1. That is hard to fathom.

[LakeArenal]

2. Seems right to me.

I vote Biden.

[whathehell]

29. That doesn't mean She has a problem..

Just sayin'..

[LakeArenal]

30. It's only a problem if she thinks it is.

I know she probably doesn’t need advice from anyone on the internet which likes to label things in the poorest light possible.

I’m just saying this old white woman is a Biden supporter.

[whathehell]

34. I doubt she does think that..

This old white woman is a Watren supporter.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. She had trouble connecting

in her home state. That is never a good start.

[StarfishSaver]

4. Or put more accurately: Many female voters STILL don't get it

And they continue to treat women candidates as dismissively as men do.

That's on those women, not on the candidate.

[BlueIdaho]

21. Let's not blame women now...

Her percentages with male voters isn’t much better.

Hillary didn’t have these problems when she ran. It may just be the candidate failed to connect.

[StarfishSaver]

22. I'm not "blaming" women. But facts are facts.

Women didn't vote for her, a common thing for female candidates

And Hillary did indeed have that problem. If women - i.e., white women - had voted for her, she'd be running for her second term as president right now.

[squirecam]

36. She didn't have that problem in the primary.

Nt

[StarfishSaver]

41. The fact that Hillary may not have had that problem in 16 doesn't mean Warren didn't face gender

bias from women this year.

Just as the fact that Barack Obama was elected president in 2008 doesn't mean that minority candidates will never again face racial discrimination in subsequent races.

[in2herbs]

5. This is not Warren's problem, it's a problem with women voters and an unconscious fear they may be

harboring of breaking the patriarchal system. The youth do vote as much but when they get older they will vote and their culture will be prepared for a female pres.

[onetexan]

15. It's a mixed bag. I do know people who voted for Warren. Myself i just knew she would not win the

nomination. So i did not vote for her.

[snowybirdie]

6. I never could

connect with her as a person, even with similar life experiences. I Liked her ideas but she came across to me as that perfect neighbor who ran all the charity fundraising and neighborhood events, and had wonderful, behaved children. While I with my messy house and brood of busy children, and not together life, muddled through. She intimidated me. Maybe it's a generational thing? She can do so much for us all in the Senate. She's brilliant!

[whathehell]

39. Try reading her book "A Fighting Chance"

I think.you'll.get a much different impression than that "perfect neighbor" one. I met her briefly, a couple of yeard ago. She's not intimidating at all.

[spooky3]

7. I think it's a combination of factors, including sexism, but this year

Dems are so focused on beating Trump, that any candidate characteristic that some believe may make it harder for him/her to beat Trump, works against that candidate.

[flibbitygiblets]

26. this.

It's unfortunate because she's (I believe) so qualified, and this country NEEDS more women in charge.

sigh.

[Politicub]

8. We have a long way to go to break the spell of the patriarchy.

It is well past time that a democratic woman should be president. It was encouraging to see Obama appoint women to the Supreme Court. It is going to take years of systemic change to infuse more feminism in our politics.

[andym]

9. No, she was overshadowed by Biden in the middle and Sanders on the left

Many of her female and male voters went to them. Momentum gave first Bernie and then Joe large numbers of potential Elizabeth voters.

[bluewater]

10. Internalized Misogyny might be the reason

Internalized misogyny is women projecting sexism onto other women or women believing that they are inferior to men. It stems from the ingrained (and usually harmful) beliefs and stereotypes that society already constructed to weaken women.

Reference: www.hercampus.com/school/augustana/what-internalized-misogyny

Women have a long history of not supporting women candidates as much as one would think they should.

I can't tell you as a Warren supporter I have been told by people "But a woman can't beat Trump". It's been a lot.

[Kaleva]

13. Something that didn't affect Hillary that much in the 2016 primary

[bluewater]

14. Ultimately, perhaps it did. Lots of women voted for Trump.

[Kaleva]

17. Hillary got a majority of the woman vote in 2016 in the general

[bluewater]

19. Not the majority of white women though.

American women voted overwhelmingly for Clinton, except the white ones

The world woke up today to the shock news that the Republican candidate beat Hillary Clinton, the first female major-party candidate to run for the US presidency. In claiming this victory, Trump stumped the majority of pollsters and political commentators, who expected women to carry Clinton to the White House.

So, what exactly happened? Women did vote overwhelmingly to elect Clinton, but it was white women who helped hand Trump the presidency, according to Edison national election poll. Overall, 54% of women voted for Clinton, much higher than the 42% of women who voted for Trump. But when the women’s vote is divided by race, it becomes clear that black women actually largely drove the so-called gender gap against Trump.

https://qz.com/833003/election-2016-all-women-voted-overwhelmingly-for-clinton-except-the-white-ones/

Why would any woman in their right mind vote for a misogynist like Trump?

But, OK, it seems that White women might be the ones most affected by internalized misogyny.

[Kaleva]

20. Bloomberg did better with minorities then Warren

Warren did better with whites then Bloomberg.

But the exit poll doesn't break down race by sex.

Race
Median support in Super Tuesday states

White
Sanders 27%
Biden 34%
Bloomberg 13%
Warren 16%

Black
Sanders 17%
Biden 58%
Bloomberg 15%
Warren 5%

Hispanic/Latino
Sanders 35%
Biden 26%
Bloomberg 12%
Warren 8%

Asian
Sanders 41%
Biden 14%
Bloomberg 15%
Warren 10%

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/exit-polls-2020-super-tuesday-primary/

[bluewater]

23. Non sequitur noted.

[spooky3]

33. She DID get the support of most white women, per a

more comprehensive study by Pew Research, than the exit poll results analyzed immediately after the election.

[bluewater]

35. Nice, would you have a link I can have for future reference?

Thanks.

I'll try to google for it also.

[spooky3]

42. Yes--here is one:

https://medium.com/@beckyroe8400/myth-trump-didnt-get-52-of-white-women-s-votes-9bb2f9d2b189

[BeyondGeography]

11. She connects fine with women, that's how she beat R's in MA

In a ranked voting system you would have seen it. She fell apart on the question of electability.

[hlthe2b]

12. I don't believe it is her NOT CONNECTING, but those women desperate to defeat Trump

Absolutely and totally desperate beyond all else... And, unfortunately (wrongly?) they concluded this was not time that a woman like Warren could do so.

Warren is a wonderful candidate. I think she worked harder, was more prepared, and more ready than nearly any other candidate and especially most of her male opponents. Timing is everything though and this is a really shitty time for quite a few of the candidates.

As Bluewater states upstream, internalized misogyny is an issue for some women, but I see it as broader than that.

[Kaleva]

18. Electibilty may be the priority of most Dems this year. Age, sex, stands on the issues...

don't matter so much compared to who can best beat Trump

[whathehell]

38. +100 n/t

[dlk]

16. The media effectively erased her some time ago

That had a cumulative effect over time that can’t be underestimated. The old boys like to stick together.

[StarfishSaver]

24. Not to mention

How often we were told that she was annoying, her manner off-putting, her tone lecturing, etc.

Meanwhile, Bernie's passionate.

[dlk]

37. Sexism on steroids...

It never ends and it’s thoroughly disgusting.

[Dem4Life1102]

25. I've always liked Warren

and she in my consideration set. However, I’ve always been concerned that she wouldn’t play well outside of very solid blue areas. Her persona, to me, was everyone’s favorite college professor and that was the problem most people don’t go to college.

[blm]

27. More like Dems seeing a 2 man race and going with Not Sanders.

Your keen focus on Warren is interesting, though.

[Sunlei]

28. I like Warren, I hope she stays in to add her voice to next debate 3/15

She is a good Senator and would add a lot to that 3 way debate.

[LAS14]

31. No, I think she connected just fine with way more than voted for her. It's just...

... that a lot of her supporters are clear headed and smart just like her and saw that they had to fuel the fire that was ignited in South Carolina and stoked by Buttigieg and Klobuchar. (I early voted for Warren).

[whathehell]

32. No, I don't think so..

Most of her supporters are women, and Massachusetts placed her in a virtual tie with Bernie Sanders -- She certainly "connected" with me.

The problem may be more one of education or the lack of such..This study showed her highest approval rating among college graduates
and professionals, both white and black.

https://www.vox.com/2020/3/3/21162527/what-happened-to-elizabeth-warren

[pecosbob]

40. I think her primary problem (no pun intended)

was that the media refused to give her coverage.