The K word
Katherine Morgan says it’s white women’s fault:
The 2016 exit polls reported that 52 percent of white women had voted for Trump, though according to TIME, that number was closer to 47 percent.
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The bookstore where I worked was similarly hectic in June: We received countless anti-racism book orders. And yet, despite all of the learning that supposedly took place via these books, in early November 2020 exit polls stated that among white women, Trump still held their support: An estimated 55 percent of white women voted for Trump. This is at least a two-point increase for this demographic since the previous election. As I sit with this number—more than half—I think about how one day at work I spent most of my eight-hour shift explaining to customers that we were out of So You Want to Talk About Race, because suddenly everyone wanted to talk about race, a subject that I had spent more than a decade talking about myself. It was suddenly essential, like the latest bag or pair of shoes. It had become an accessory, a badge of honor, proof of being a good white person. When I told one customer that her book was back-ordered, but there were an expected 20,000 books coming back into stock within two weeks to meet the unprecedented demand, she said, “But what I’m supposed to do now?” I wanted to tell her to read any other book—or, of course, to participate in any other active form of anti-racism—but I also needed my job.
Instead, I simply said, “We’re working on getting this sorted out. We appreciate your patience, and your eagerness to learn.” And I do appreciate their willingness to learn. The only question, especially given the continual support for Trump and other racist politicians by so many white women, is what do we do while we wait for it to sink in.
But why just white women? Why not men? Are men all voting Democratic?
As has been the case since 1980, women were more likely than men to vote for the Democratic candidate: 56% of women, compared to 48% of men, supported Joe Biden.
Well…ok…but white women are Karens. Case closed.
Yes but exit polling? Tens of millions voted by mail. And I was never polled, because for one thing I don’t bother answering phone calls from unfamiliar numbers. I wasn’t even polled in the runup to the Iowa Caucus, even though in past years (when I had a landline and a listed number) I would get multiple pollsters per day. So I don’t think anyone should be forming any kind of opinion based on exit polling. Did a majority of white women vote for Trump? Who knows?
Fair point. I was impatient and didn’t take the time to find a non-exit poll. Will update.
No I won’t; it’s all exit polling. I can’t find anything else.
And since apparently the Democrats were more prone to mail in votes, that means any poll based on exit polling will be strongly skewed toward Trump…I voted in person, but I have a small polling place where there are never any other people voting. Until this year, when they decided to cluster near the front door just after I voted, not wearing masks, so I couldn’t get out safely. Fortunately, someone came in through the back door at that moment, and I found another way to leave. But I am reasonably sure that most of the people at that polling place were Trump voters, and since our area went 60% Trump (one of the lowest percentages in the central Nebraska area, at least), that assessment is strongly probable.
Another interesting fact that all these Karen blamers miss – Trump’s support increased among black male voters. Biden still got the majority, but why the increase? He certainly hasn’t done anything to make their life better.
Trump also supposedly improved with black men, Latino men (though that depends on Cubano/Tejano whatever), and LGBT people (which letters that refers to I dunno, though I suspect it’s the G and the T)
Yup, definitely all white women’s fault.
Katherine Stewart wrote a good column saying that a more detailed analysis showed Christian Nationalism, across faiths and across racial groups, was the important factor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/opinion/trump-religion-authoritarianism.html