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The Rise of the Single Woke (and Young, Democratic) Female
RealClearInvestigations ^ | 17 Jan, 2023 | Joel Kotkin & Samuel J. Abrams

Posted on 01/17/2023 6:00:12 AM PST by MtnClimber

Soccer Moms are giving way to Single Woke Females – the new “SWFs” – as one of the most potent voting blocs in American politics.

Unmarried women without children have been moving toward the Democratic Party for several years, but the 2022 midterms may have been their electoral coming-out party as they proved the chief break on the predicted Republican wave. While married men and women as well as unmarried men broke for the GOP, CNN exit polls found that 68% of unmarried women voted for Democrats.

The Supreme Court’s August decision overturning Roe v. Wade was certainly a special factor in the midterms, but longer-term trends show that single, childless women are joining African Americans as the Democrats’ most reliable supporters.

Their power is growing thanks to the demographic winds. The number of never married women has grown from about 20% in 1950 to over 30% in 2022, while the percentage of married women has declined from almost 70% in 1950 to under 50% today. Overall, the percentage of married households with children has declined from 37% in 1976 to 21% today.

The Single Wave A new Institute for Family Studies analysis  of 2020 Census data found that one in six women do not have children by the time they reach the end of their childbearing years, up from one in ten in 1990. Single adult women now total some 42 million, comparable to the key African American voting bloc (46 million), while vastly larger than key groups like labor union members (14 million) or college students (20 million).

The Pew Research Center notes that since 1960, single-person households in the United States have grown from 13% to 27% (2019). Many, particularly women, are not all that keen on finding a partner.

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearinvestigations.com ...


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1 posted on 01/17/2023 6:00:12 AM PST by MtnClimber
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And these Karens need someone to take care of them...the Nanny State.


2 posted on 01/17/2023 6:00:26 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Does anyone know of a company that caters to cat owners? It will do gangbuster business in coming years as these broads turn into bitter, lonely old cat owners.


3 posted on 01/17/2023 6:03:36 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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Affluent White Females Liberals AKA AWFLs - AWFULS.


4 posted on 01/17/2023 6:06:09 AM PST by MMusson
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I'm think of the long-term viability of this, and the quote (often attributed to Churchill): "If you are not a Liberal at 20, you have no heart; if you are still a liberal at 40, you have no brain."

Traditionally, women voters have supported big government with an eye on the idea that "I am not able to support myself, I need help from above".

But single people with no children should manage to support themselves pretty decently, I think. And as the Powers That Be sell political favors to other groups that "need help", the single woke females may realize that they are increasingly paying for the help that is given to people other than themselves. That might sink into their brain by age 40 or so.

5 posted on 01/17/2023 6:06:52 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Government always tries to steal freedom; People should always try to stop Government.)
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I seem to remember that unmarried women especially once they reach their 40s or ranked among the most unhappy groups.


6 posted on 01/17/2023 6:08:57 AM PST by nickcarraway
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Since heterosexual married families which are U.S. citizens are now in the minority, when can we expect to see special legal status for this underserved and vulnerable community ?


7 posted on 01/17/2023 6:10:07 AM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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Single women have voted against their interests. Now White single men are becoming “genderless” and claiming to be females and replacing the single women as the most important species pushing single women to the back of the bus.


8 posted on 01/17/2023 6:12:22 AM PST by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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All will change when these young women are drafted into the military. Wait till they start to get shot at! Even the best propaganda will not stop their rush for marriage and motherhood. Life has been too good for Americans. BUT History has a way of changing things.


9 posted on 01/17/2023 6:13:53 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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Orwell had them pegged.

L


10 posted on 01/17/2023 6:13:59 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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just another decade or two .. and there will be endless stories of these poor never married childless old women living alone unable to care for themselves and dying from neglict and being found only months later after dying alone.


11 posted on 01/17/2023 6:15:53 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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Dead enders.


12 posted on 01/17/2023 6:16:27 AM PST by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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believe me, I know several. What I’m amazed at is why don’t single men vote just as heavily Republican? The Democrat party clearly hates men - especially White men but any man who isn’t some limpwristed pantywaist really. How can you not vote against a party like that?


13 posted on 01/17/2023 6:16:30 AM PST by FLT-bird
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They ain’t single - they’re married to “Big Daddy” Government.


14 posted on 01/17/2023 6:16:44 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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It’s a real tragedy to see how the cell phone has become an addiction to single, white females. So many get their world views exclusively from Facebook, Instagram, and the prior incarnation of Twitter.

Our federal masters are quite aware of this phenomenon.


15 posted on 01/17/2023 6:18:23 AM PST by BrexitBen
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They’ll eventually turn into single, old Democrats with only their dogs to take care of them.


16 posted on 01/17/2023 6:18:26 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: MtnClimber

Government is their new Daddy.


17 posted on 01/17/2023 6:18:52 AM PST by DAC21
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Remember when pussy hats were popular? The fad disappeared over night when black women said that they were a symbol of white supremacy.

18 posted on 01/17/2023 6:21:47 AM PST by DeplorablePaul (protesters)
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No problem. Men will soon have a implantable uterus and begin doing the job women used to do, Bipolar women will go the way of the loon, a very apt description of their mental and emotional instability, and life will go on while men will once again prove that women just aren’t up to the task of ruling the world and finally “A man needs a woman like a fish needs a pickup” will become the newest tee shirt. And why? Self explanatory. ;


19 posted on 01/17/2023 6:21:51 AM PST by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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Their power is growing thanks to the demographic winds.

What "power" is that exactly?

20 posted on 01/17/2023 6:22:48 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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