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Apr 02, 2017 16:01

48 percent. That is the number of college educated, white women who voted for Trump in 2016. Not all white women (they went Trump 52%-43%), college educated women ( Read more... )

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rmd April 3 2017, 01:15:25 UTC
Over two decades of concentrated demonization by aggressive media properties targeted at her. Coupled with over thirty years of that same culture war trying to turn "feminist" into a dirty word.

Sigh. I know the stereotype is that people get more conservative as they get older, but I think I'm turning into more of a flaming leftist.

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cz_unit April 3 2017, 11:48:15 UTC
Sure. It's just interesting to see how it works. Sad part is that Clinton was a fine public servant, and would have been a very well-qualified President. Instead we voted for a stone.

At which point I start thinking "well, maybe we need to let things slide into the abyss, people don't seem to value what they have, so take it from them and teach them again". Which might be me getting old and conservative or something.

Hm.

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melanie April 3 2017, 20:46:09 UTC
Whenever I can bear to think about it, I feel like I'm living in some bizarre altered reality. It's really hurt my confidence in humanity a lot.

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