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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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To: C19fan

Roll tears, roll..... }8^D


81 posted on 11/06/2014 11:32:21 AM PST by awelliott (What one generation tolerates, the next embraces....)
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To: C19fan

“It’s already been said that Greg Abbott won among women voters. So are women of color not women?”

Greg’s got 10 golden delicious apples, Wendy’s go 3 jonathans,
So are jonathans, apples?

Duh, that’s a question only a buffoon would ask. There must be so much stupid in her head that I’m afraid it’s liable to explode.


82 posted on 11/06/2014 11:32:37 AM PST by bobo1 (progressives=commies/fascists)
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To: C19fan

Maybe she could team up with Sandra Fluke, another epic loser, and start a “You’re Not Worthy” movement.


83 posted on 11/06/2014 11:40:13 AM PST by IronJack
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To: C19fan
"Davis beat Abbott among Latinos (57-42) and African-Americans (93-7).” It is worrisome that demographic trends could turn Texas blue and make it impossible to elect a Republican president in the future. At present Texas is about 40% white and 38% Latino. (source) If Latino's voted in the same proportion as whites, it is likely that Wendy would be the next governor of Texas and Texas would already be a blue state. It is obvious why amnesty is so important for Democrats.
84 posted on 11/06/2014 11:42:48 AM PST by JeepersFreepers (The heart of the wise inclines to the right but the heart of the fool to the left. (Eccl 10:2 NIV))
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To: C19fan

For Democrats everything is about race.

And for them “white” anybody doesn’t count and is to be dismissed.

Racist to the core they are.


85 posted on 11/06/2014 11:43:12 AM PST by DB
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To: GeronL

>>FR is going to spend the next 2 years complaining about Mitch and Bonehead, just a prediction

Yup. No one is ever conservative enough for the majority of Freepers.


86 posted on 11/06/2014 11:47:47 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: bobo1
Greg’s got 10 golden delicious apples, Wendy’s go 3 jonathans, So are jonathans, apples?

Wendy Davis has only three Johns?!?! Business seems slow....

87 posted on 11/06/2014 11:48:26 AM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: C19fan
It’s salt in a very personal wound.

Like your abortions in that respect, perhaps?

88 posted on 11/06/2014 11:52:07 AM PST by madprof98
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To: C19fan
Of course, it didn't help Davis' campaign that several of her commercials offended a LOT of Texans for reasons that have nothing to do with politics.
89 posted on 11/06/2014 11:55:05 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: C19fan

Black women didn’t just fail Greg Abbot, they failed Texas to.


90 posted on 11/06/2014 11:56:55 AM PST by glorgau
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To: C19fan

I have never seen a poll on abortion broken down by sex. I suspect that it is because more women are against it than men. If that is true, then the feminists are on the wrong side of this womans’ issue.


91 posted on 11/06/2014 12:04:50 PM PST by sportutegrl
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To: C19fan
It's worse than than that, Earthling Kutner. They failed Martian women too! Marvin the Martian photo: marvin the martian Untitled.jpg
92 posted on 11/06/2014 12:06:16 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: C19fan
White women didn’t just fail Wendy Davis — they failed the rest of Texas, too

Maybe white women just don't want to live like sluts and then murder their babies to deal with the consequences of sexual irresponsibility.

93 posted on 11/06/2014 12:08:01 PM PST by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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To: sportutegrl

I have seen many abortion polls by sex over the decades and I used to point out that males are more pro-abortion than females.

In recent years I have seen some polls that show a slight female edge over males supporting abortion, so roughly it flips from male to female depending on the poll.


94 posted on 11/06/2014 12:08:46 PM PST by ansel12 (The churlish behavior of Obama over the next two years is going to be spellbinding.)
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To: Cowboy Bob
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?

Unimportant? You fool, they're not even men - they're "males." And probable abusers and rapists. And as soon as inherently morally superior "womyn" can pass enough laws, they're going to be living in government camps. And that will be the end of womyn having to let such animals vote.

95 posted on 11/06/2014 12:11:00 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: C19fan

Just another sad example of identity politics shaming tactics. You aren’t really __________ unless you vote Democrat.


96 posted on 11/06/2014 12:12:16 PM PST by tanknetter
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To: C19fan

When they say they “failed us” they mean “they failed to support democrats”


97 posted on 11/06/2014 12:13:59 PM PST by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016)
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To: C19fan

giggle.


98 posted on 11/06/2014 12:15:33 PM PST by Pluto is NOT a Planet
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To: MrB

You are 100% correct.


99 posted on 11/06/2014 12:16:21 PM PST by Doctor 2Brains
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To: Buckeye McFrog

>> WHY??

Because they’re stupid plantation cattle?


100 posted on 11/06/2014 12:18:00 PM PST by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed is his demon)
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