Posted on 07/17/2016 5:31:18 AM PDT by Zakeet
Donald Trump has already had problems making inroads with female, gay and minority voters. His vice-presidential pick, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, could make things even worse.
Pence, the Republican governor of Indiana, has endorsed conservative legislation on abortion, gay rights and immigration both in his home state and while in Congress, where he was consistently ranked as one of the most right-leaning members of the House. He attempted to shut down the government over Planned Parenthood funding, supported a measure that made English the nation's official language and signed one of the nation's strictest abortion laws earlier this year.
Pence is almost certain to appeal to socially conservative and evangelical voters who have been skeptical of Trump, a brash, thrice-married New Yorker with little appetite for fighting the culture wars. By picking Pence, Trump added his inverse to the ticket: a social-issues warrior with a long, very conservative track record.
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Ha...and a coven of cankles.
Pence was a GREAT PICK.
The people that Trump needs in the middle, the Reagan Democrats, don’t care who the VP is, they only pay attention to who’s on the top. If it had been a bible-thumper, like Cruz, they would have been turned off. But Trump is fine, he won’t be spouting Jesus at them every speech.
Trump’s weakness, from the start, has always been the base, especially considering his checkered past - having been on multiple sides of most issues. Would the conservative base trust him enough to come out for him in November? Had he picked an ‘inclusive moderate’, they may not have. But he picked a SOLID CONSERVATIVE. Those people do look at the VP choice and they like it.
“Donald Trump has already had problems making inroads with female, gay and minority voters. His vice-presidential pick, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, could make things even worse. “
Now, looking at the article, one more comment: The problem with the first sentence is that it’s only true among the liberal activists in these groups, the people that are going to be against Trump if he chooses anyone to the right of Bernie Sanders. The rest of them will judge Trump independently and could care less about Pence.
Yes, that might make a difference with voters who are persuaded by “optics.”
White male Democrats have disproportionately voted against Hillary Clinton for eight years running
A quick google search shows there are several recent MSM articles concerned with Hillary's lack of white male support.
I’d like to see the stats that show Trump’s “problem with female voters.”
Once again, I’m not in the hip trending group.
Well, since she posted on Facebook yesterday, I say your first point is a lie. But even if it were true, you should take a moment and learn just what the First Amendment means.
Thanks to the media they are clueless yet know about Bill’s five rapes and still support the left.
It’s like they are willing to be trained and results have no meaning.
Why do Liberals have such a hard-on for dead babies?
Geez, Trump and now Pence are in the minds of the maggoted infected writers of the Compost and its editors, 24/7.
How much illegal drugs do their so called writers need to come up with this type of bs?
They keep giving Trump free PR, 24/7!
All this article told me is that WaPo is worried.
Good luck with that Hillary/Lizzy Warren ticket. Bwahahaha....
That picture will take the lead out of every pencil within a five mile radius!
Precisely
Ignore all polls
Get Out The Vote
Nice photo. Don’t Democrat women add that little spice to life that makes you just a bit happier to be alive?
Bwa ha ha ha ha...
If Democrat women were the epitome of feminist potential, what a bleak future...
One thing for sure: By choosing Pence, Trump quiets any talk of impeachment if he’s elected....
One just needs to research the people the Trump Organization has on it’s boards and top employees. Then one will note that there is an abundance of smart, capable women throughout the management level of these entities.
That is the Trump ticket will never compete against a LGTB, pro-abortion, “we are spoiled and need to give things to minorities” campaign.
Let there be a couple more ISIS events and Trump's law and order and we have to have security message will sweep America.
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