Women have come a long way. Heck, they only started voting in the 1920s? Today, women can do anything they want, including, "collectively" choosing their candidate and getting out to polls to vote for said candidate.

 

I agree. Any good candidate can win. Their sex or skin color doesn't matter. I would proudly vote for any good woman candidate for president. That wasn't Hillary.

I hear you. This thread spews the idea that women and men are tired of the elitist who look down on them from the ivory towers.

 

Except....:whistling:

We just elected a billionaire who loves in a tower.

 

 

@Run To State I agree with what you said. Do you think if she would have divorced Bill in say 2006 she would have had a better chance?

Hillary Rodham would have had no political career without her husband. Bill Clinton was a talented politician, but his coat tails could only take Hillary so far.

Hillary Rodham would have had no political career without her husband. Bill Clinton was a talented politician, but his coat tails could only take Hillary so far.

 

A valid point, but as I said, Bill was also an albatross around her neck when it came to women. Trump pointed out how she smeared, targeted and threatened women.

My wife and daughter both hold multiple degrees... Both voted Trump.

My wife and daughter both hold multiple degrees... Both voted Trump.

 

My daughter is a college grad and a strong, smart young woman. She voted Trump because the thought of Hillary as president was completely unacceptable to her. Same for my wife (also a smart woman), minus the degree. They were both surprised to learn I went with an Independent.

My wife and daughter both hold multiple degrees... Both voted Trump.

My three sisters and two sister-in-laws voted for Trump. Four of them have college degrees and the other has an associate degree.

So, what does that make a woman, like myself, who voted for Clinton?

And, define "elitist" for me in specific terms, please.

So, what does that make a woman, like myself, who voted for Clinton?

 

RM, if you didn't graduate from college according to the media,it makes you an uneducated white woman.

RM, if you didn't graduate from college according to the media,it makes you an uneducated white woman.

 

Did you read the whole article?

My wife and daughter both hold multiple degrees... Both voted Trump.

My wife did too. My daughter refused to vote for either Trump or Hillary and would not have voted for either of them regardless of who their opponents were.

Did you read the whole article?

 

Yes I did, I thought it was well done and according to the article you are a non-college educated white woman.

So, what does that make a woman, like myself, who voted for Clinton?

 

In my eyes just a smart woman that leans left. Nothing more or less, really. I understand your dislike for Trump. I also understand my wife's and daughter's dislike for Hillary. At the the end of the day, we're all just Americans with differing views. Certainly nothing wrong with that.

In my eyes just a smart woman that leans left. Nothing more or less, really. I understand your dislike for Trump. I also understand my wife's and daughter's dislike for Hillary. At the the end of the day, we're all just Americans with differing views. Certainly nothing wrong with that.

 

First, thanks for not just spouting talking points meant to trivialize issues. Seriously...

 

And in the end, what you just said shold be the beginning of how we look at groups of people going forward. I think that's what everyone is missing these days. Everyone ...yes...including the media...wants to put everyone else in some sort of box to define them. And as many on here are bashing the media, are they not aware that they've done the same things?

 

So, my question is, how does the political party (whatever one) begin to develop their platform and outreach to resonate with what I will term "micro blocs"? It's not enough any more to just appeal to a broad demographic. The sub groups want to be recognized as well. This articlearly is about women, but replace women with any other of the traditional "blocs" and there is still a lot of room for all political parties to improve.

First, thanks for not just spouting talking points meant to trivialize issues. Seriously...

 

And in the end, what you just said shold be the beginning of how we look at groups of people going forward. I think that's what everyone is missing these days. Everyone ...yes...including the media...wants to put everyone else in some sort of box to define them. And as many on here are bashing the media, are they not aware that they've done the same things?

 

So, my question is, how does the political party (whatever one) begin to develop their platform and outreach to resonate with what I will term "micro blocs"? It's not enough any more to just appeal to a broad demographic. The sub groups want to be recognized as well. This articlearly is about women, but replace women with any other of the traditional "blocs" and there is still a lot of room for all political parties to improve.

 

That's a really good question. They will have to walk a really fine line, I think, to not appear to their base as they're abandoning them or make them feel they're less important. That takes some skillful political embracement.