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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

I wish the author would tell me exactly WHERE these “hours long” lines were. Bull shorts. Liberals are so dramatic all the time.


101 posted on 11/06/2014 12:27:31 PM PST by NELSON111
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To: Duckdog

I wish I could take credit for the words... I stole them from someone, here at FR. I think... and just threw together the image.


102 posted on 11/06/2014 12:31:50 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: C19fan

Further proof that feminists are just ugly hags who want to use the government to gain access to the mainstream of society, just as Rush said.


103 posted on 11/06/2014 12:35:47 PM PST by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: smokingfrog

Came here to say that.

Salon wants so very bad to be taken seriously as a news outlet but can’t be bothered to learn basic math and logic skills.

Abbott won the women vote. He won the white women vote but lost the black and brown women vote.

Nobody says that it’s unfair to call the football team with the most points the winner because they were outscored 3 out of 4 quarters.

A win is a win. Suck it losers.


104 posted on 11/06/2014 12:37:18 PM PST by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: 5thGenTexan

It’s cuz the pubs are depriving her of birth control. You just don’t know how much she goes through each day.


105 posted on 11/06/2014 12:42:02 PM PST by bobo1 (progressives=commies/fascists)
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To: Bryanw92

Mitch and Boehner are going to do a better job getting Obama’s agenda through than Harry and Nancy ever did


106 posted on 11/06/2014 12:47:20 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: WayneS

......:o)


107 posted on 11/06/2014 12:47:56 PM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: sportutegrl; Morgana

Now that you mention it, I don’t think I’ve seen a poll like that either.


108 posted on 11/06/2014 12:51:37 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Arkansas Toothpick

Good one!


109 posted on 11/06/2014 1:19:21 PM PST by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: C19fan

“African-Americans (93-7)”

Automatons. You could not get 93% of white people to agree on anything.


110 posted on 11/06/2014 2:27:33 PM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: C19fan
White women didn’t just fail Wendy Davis — they failed the rest of Texas, too

"DESPERATION CITY" by Salon.

111 posted on 11/06/2014 5:52:35 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: C19fan

Actually, this was FUN to read. You could hear the weeping, the whining, the gnashing of teeth and rending of clothes. Dang, it feels good!


112 posted on 11/06/2014 6:01:03 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: EDINVA

All those Democrats failing to reach 40% of the vote was glorious


113 posted on 11/06/2014 6:01:41 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: willyd
” thousands of whom stood in line for hours “ ... this part of the article is completely made up...lol

Let's call Jenny what she is - a liar.

114 posted on 11/06/2014 6:23:36 PM PST by PAR35
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Confirmed: Why Yes, a Texas Voting Machine DID Leave Greg Abbott Off the Ballot


115 posted on 11/08/2014 9:20:55 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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