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White women didn’t just fail Wendy Davis — they failed the rest of Texas, too
Salon ^ | November 6, 2014 | Jenny Kutner

Posted on 11/06/2014 10:41:23 AM PST by C19fan

I am well aware that Wendy Davis lost the Texas governor’s race by a wide margin. It’s salt in a very personal wound. Her campaign meant a lot to me, and to so many other Texas women — thousands of whom stood in line for hours to cast their ballots in support. Greg Abbott won anyway, and he won by a lot. But he didn’t win by a lot across the demographic landscape.

I went to the Texas Tribune first for a dissection of the election results, and one piece of information struck me as particularly… wrong. The Tribune cited CNN exit polls to illustrate the landslide, saying Abbott “beat Davis by lopsided margins with white voters (72-27), men (65-34) and women (52-47). Davis beat Abbott among Latinos (57-42) and African-Americans (93-7).” Last time I checked, though, there were thousands upon thousands of women in Texas considered Latina and African-American — what about their votes?

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2014elections; 2014midterms; abbott; abortionbarbie; andreagrimes; davis; femwit; femwits; gregabbott; jennykutner; liberalagenda; realwaronwomen; texas; tx2014; wendydavis; whitevote; women; womensvote
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So according to Salon white Texas women are not "authentic" because they did not fall for MSNBC host wanna be Davis. Texas white women suffer from two isms: sexism for not voting for Davis and racism because they did not fall in line as Hispanic and African-American women did. It must really hurt because I remember places like Salon touting Davis says she would breakthrough with white suburban white women. Those white women suffer from false consciousness and need to be educated by the likes of Ms. Kutner.
1 posted on 11/06/2014 10:41:23 AM PST by C19fan
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Women do not like to have people telling them to vote their lady parts.


2 posted on 11/06/2014 10:43:36 AM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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The next time I hear some moron leftist talk about the GOP being racist, sexist, or whatever, I am going to point out this kind of foolishness to them. The Democrats are forever trapped in the politics of color, class and gender.


3 posted on 11/06/2014 10:44:14 AM PST by Arkansas Toothpick
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Maybe more women in Texas are married than in Manhattan. That seems to have a big role in it.


4 posted on 11/06/2014 10:44:41 AM PST by Defiant (4 main US grps: conservatives, useless idiots (aka RINOs), marxists and useful idiots (aka liberals))
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To: C19fan

this article and they wonder why guys still make jokes...

idiots


5 posted on 11/06/2014 10:44:53 AM PST by hadaclueonce (Because Brawndo's got electrolytes. Because Ethanol has Big Corn Lobby)
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” thousands of whom stood in line for hours “ ... this part of the article is completely made up...lol


6 posted on 11/06/2014 10:45:02 AM PST by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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African-Americans (93-7).”

WHY?? She's nearly as white as the Pillsbury Dough Boy.


7 posted on 11/06/2014 10:45:05 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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“...thousands of whom stood in line for hours to cast their ballots in support.”

Nothing like a little gross exagerration (sp?) in that article.


8 posted on 11/06/2014 10:46:01 AM PST by MplsSteve
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To: C19fan

Voters don’t “fail” politicians. Politicians fail voters. Its not our duty to elect them.


9 posted on 11/06/2014 10:46:01 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: C19fan

Not everything with a vagina is a lesbian baby eater.


10 posted on 11/06/2014 10:46:23 AM PST by The Toll
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To: Defiant

Married vs Single is a huge ideological divider.
Single women are simply voting for a surrogate husband in the gov’t.


11 posted on 11/06/2014 10:46:54 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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Wendy Davis’ pink sneakers woulda made a better candidate than she did.


12 posted on 11/06/2014 10:46:58 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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Minorities get abortions disproportionately, fundamental information.

http://blackgenocide.org/

Salon, the Nation, when I see these names, I know it will generally be very slanted if not cause anger.


13 posted on 11/06/2014 10:47:15 AM PST by BeadCounter (We vote pro-life.)
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Her campaign meant a lot to me, and to so many other Texas women — thousands of whom stood in line for hours to cast their ballots in support.

What about the thousands of men who stood in line for hours to cast their ballots in support for Abbott. Are they unimportant simply because they are men?

14 posted on 11/06/2014 10:47:30 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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Math is not her strong point.


15 posted on 11/06/2014 10:47:35 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Oh no! It turns out that Jenny’s view are not shared by a majority of Texas women


16 posted on 11/06/2014 10:47:37 AM PST by centurion316
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They should’ve showed up days before and camped out like groupies.


17 posted on 11/06/2014 10:47:45 AM PST by Salamander (People will stare. Make it worth their while.)
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To: C19fan

insanity knows no bounds


18 posted on 11/06/2014 10:47:46 AM PST by Nifster
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“African-Americans (93-7)”

Hopeless drones. Utterly beyond sense.


19 posted on 11/06/2014 10:48:03 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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Well bless her heart ......


20 posted on 11/06/2014 10:48:15 AM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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