Trump Brags That He Won Most Of The Women’s Vote In 2016. He Didn’t.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-womens-vote-claim_us_5aa588afe4b07047bec7a905
The percentage he laid claim to was inflated by more than 10 points
President Donald Trump inaccurately bragged that he won the majority of women’s votes in the 2016 presidential election at a political rally on Saturday.
Appearing before a crowd in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, Trump boasted that he had proved his naysayers wrong when he received 52 percent of women’s votes. That figure was actually 41 percent.
“‘Women won’t like Donald Trump,’” he portrayed critics as having said during his campaign.
“I said, have I really had that kind of a problem? I don’t think so. But, ‘Women won’t like Donald Trump. It will be a rough night for Donald Trump because the women won’t come out.’ We got 52 percent, right? 52. And I’m running against a woman. You know, it’s not that easy,” he said, referring to his presidential political rival, Hillary Clinton.
As for where that 52 percent came from, that figure was actually the percentage of white women who voted for him. When it came to minority women, only 4 percent of black women voted for him and only 25 percent of Hispanic women.
(Overall, among both male and female minority groups, a past analysis by Reuters found that Trump won the presidency with the lowest minority support seen in at least 40 years.)
In contrast, Clinton received 54 percent of women’s votes.
Trump’s comments were made while attending a rally for GOP House candidate Rick Saccone, a nominee in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, who is in campaigning against Democrat Conor Lamb.
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Maybe instead of complaining over ever little thing Trump says the left should be trying to change their platform to get back those white working men and women they lost. But I guess they'd rather double down on identity politics and failure.
All he does is LIE and lie some more.....
Reading this article sort of reminds me how, if you put enough conditions on it, you can make the numbers say what you want them to say. So it was 54% of women. Turns out to be 54% of White women, with blue eyes, who have a monthly income over $100,000 per month, and can spell "Stupid". Let's not get this mixed up with actual facts...
Hi Dowser-- nice to see you again
I totally agree with what you said.
In addition, from everything I've seen, IMO two groups of women will probably play a major role in upcoming elections:
1. One demographic that will probably shift their voting preferences in the upcoming elections will be White, suburban college-educated women. Most of them are certainly not part of the "alt-right". They tend to be pretty moderate-- but are also mainly traditionally Republican. Apparently many voted for Trump-- (partly out of the habit of voting Republican). But it seems most are becoming much more aware who Trump is--and what he actually stands for.
2. And interestingly enough-- another demographic that may create a problem for Trump-- African-American women.
But how could that be? African-Americans are one of the most solidly democratic of any group-- they're already Democrats. Well, its not only who a person prefers to be elected-- but also whether or not they actually turn out to vote. This demographic usually does not have a high turnout-- but Trump has already been shown to have motivated them to go to the polls (in a recent off year election). The unusually high turnout of Black women were a major factor of the defeat of serial pedophile and gun nut Roy Moore by a Democrat-- in solidly Republican Alabama.
Always good to see you, Krish!
I always vote. It's the only time that my government asks my opinion and I certainly wish to express one!
Wish more people felt that way...
The only women who matter to Trump are the white ones anyway......
You're right about that!
"As for where that 52 percent came from, that figure was actually the percentage of white women who voted for him."
So to the bigoted crowd that he's speaking to he was referencing the only women that matter to them. Non-white women in the US aren't considered equals to his supporters and they'd take away their ability to vote if they could. Trump supporters are nothing if not extremely ignorant and prejudiced.