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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 ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: communism
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To: ClearCase_guy

I don’t think it’ll settle into their brains.

They’ll still be living there same lifestyle as they did in their 20s, real responsibility to anyone but themselves.

Doubt many on here do, but go on a dating website and look at what the liberal women write. They’re just as insane in their 40s as they were when they were in their 20s. Only the talent pool is much much shallower.


41 posted on 01/17/2023 7:13:12 AM PST by qaz123
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To: MtnClimber

When the Nanny State collapses it will be mass suicide time for the single women—and the elites will be celebrating their population control victory.


42 posted on 01/17/2023 7:18:34 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
So many young women not that keen on finding a partner.

What's a "partner"? An ego-validating roll in the hay with a top 5% male is as close as their cell phone. They don't decide they need a "partner" until the pickings become slim in their 30s, and by then the top 5% males -- the only kind they're interested in --- have moved on to younger prey.

43 posted on 01/17/2023 7:20:58 AM PST by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: MtnClimber

Look up the etymology of the term “hysteria”!

“Wokeism” goes waaaaay back!


44 posted on 01/17/2023 7:22:46 AM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: MtnClimber
And infertile.
45 posted on 01/17/2023 7:24:47 AM PST by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: MtnClimber

I’ve met and dealt with some of these women. And I have to use women loosely. They are going to have to rely on the government because there isn’t even a beta male that would want them


46 posted on 01/17/2023 7:28:52 AM PST by cableguymn
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To: BrexitBen

Our federal Masters are not only aware of the problem. They created it.


47 posted on 01/17/2023 7:31:42 AM PST by cableguymn
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To: Reily

“Good morning, Miss Nelson. I have your order of kitty litter, cat food and cat treats. If you would like, feel free to peruse our selection of boxed wines in the back of the truck!”


48 posted on 01/17/2023 7:35:39 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: MMusson

I’m hoping affluent white female conservatives outnumber these idiots for sake of all men.


49 posted on 01/17/2023 7:40:22 AM PST by Quilla
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To: 17th Miss Regt

I see a business opportunity!

Cat & Wine Emporium - Home Delivery


50 posted on 01/17/2023 7:40:23 AM PST by Reily
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To: Levy78

Spot on. I have seen any number of videos where these very same class of females are directly challenged asking exactly what discrimination or societal roadblocks they personally facing or have experienced. When directly asked, they get this glazed look and have no answer.

These weak women stare at Facebook and Tik Tok and are easily emotionally manipulated. They parrot all the clichéd platitudes, “smash the patriarchy”, “I’m a strong and independent woman “, “I don’t need a man”. All of it. They mindlessly parrot all the latest fad nonsense and have not once thought reflectively or critically.

These females know everything about the latest celebrities they worship and the government and liberal organizations completely exploits these weak females.


51 posted on 01/17/2023 7:46:04 AM PST by Obadiah (The business of America is no longer business, it is war and arms sales.)
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To: Lurker

“ Orwell had them pegged.”

…So did Ayn Rand. Liberalism is a mental disorder.


52 posted on 01/17/2023 8:24:37 AM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: Dr. Pritchett

Yep.

L


53 posted on 01/17/2023 9:05:00 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

https://youtu.be/ai6RGxI5hck

No eggs....


54 posted on 01/17/2023 9:15:15 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: MtnClimber

It just gives them more time to learn sandwich making.


55 posted on 01/17/2023 9:28:14 AM PST by nonliberal (Z.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

And being partially eaten by their four cats.


56 posted on 01/17/2023 9:30:47 AM PST by nonliberal (Z.)
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To: MtnClimber

There are VERY GOOD REASONS these women are not married.


57 posted on 01/17/2023 12:50:45 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist. I'm white. How does that make me racist?)
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