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applegrove

(118,503 posts)
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 04:30 PM Jul 2018

Just a Third of Women Approve of Trump

https://politicalwire.com/2018/07/06/just-a-third-of-women-approve-of-trump/

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A new Washington Post-Schar School poll finds President Trump’s approval rate at 43%. But there’s a huge gender gap in the numbers: 32% of women approve of his job performance, compared to 54% of men.

The poll also gives Democrats a 10-point advantage on the generic congressional ballot, 47% to 37%.

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Just a Third of Women Approve of Trump (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2018 OP
Just a Third, huh? kentuck Jul 2018 #1
I agree, the idea that saidsimplesimon Jul 2018 #5
Joy Reid discussed the gender gap last nigh on the TRMS Gothmog Jul 2018 #2
I saw that, thanks for posting! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2018 #6
They must all live somewhere other than my neck of the woods, then. MANative Jul 2018 #3
I am assuming by your screen name that you are in Massachusetts. smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #7
Close! Born and raised near Boston but living... MANative Jul 2018 #8
I am actually a NY native and lived in NYC for many years but back here in smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #9
Spent time in the south as a kid while my dad was in the Army... MANative Jul 2018 #15
Are you in Investment Banking or a Hedge Fund? Blue_true Jul 2018 #12
No, I'm an executive in the fashion industry MANative Jul 2018 #14
That is a good job that you have. Are you in high end fashion or everyday more Blue_true Jul 2018 #16
Ladies evening wear, but not haute couture. MANative Jul 2018 #17
Neat. That coming from a fashion cave man. Blue_true Jul 2018 #19
You and my hubby have a lot in common, then. MANative Jul 2018 #21
Yeah, when I wear a suit and get out of it, I actually feel like I have extra life. Blue_true Jul 2018 #22
"Are there really that many women in the south and midwest to offset urban..." BumRushDaShow Jul 2018 #11
I guess I just don't know many women who are like this, or if they are, they are keeping it smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #13
It's like there's a whole nation out there. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2018 #20
Then they are clearly just not paying attention! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2018 #4
I can't believe the number is even that high Jimbo S Jul 2018 #10
More than 50 percent of white women voters went for Trump. Less than 10 percent of black women WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2018 #18
The Gender Gap may set a record Gothmog Jul 2018 #23

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
5. I agree, the idea that
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 04:43 PM
Jul 2018

bigots hold sway without the majority is folly. I refuse to submit to tyranny, regardless of religious or political affiliation.

MANative

(4,112 posts)
3. They must all live somewhere other than my neck of the woods, then.
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 04:40 PM
Jul 2018

Haven't talked to or met even a single female in over a year who can stomach even the mention of his name.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
7. I am assuming by your screen name that you are in Massachusetts.
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 07:17 PM
Jul 2018

I am in Boston and I agree. Most women I encounter here can't stand him. Where are all these women? Are there really that many women in the south and midwest to offset urban, minority and blue-state women? I just have a hard time buying this.

MANative

(4,112 posts)
8. Close! Born and raised near Boston but living...
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 07:24 PM
Jul 2018

In CT and working in NYC. You just shouldn't mention his name, especially in NYC unless you want to get immersed in a tirade!

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. I am actually a NY native and lived in NYC for many years but back here in
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 07:33 PM
Jul 2018

Boston for 6 (lived here after college for 8) and did a stint in SF for about 6 years, so I have always lived in very liberal areas. I am so used to being amongst a liberal majority. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be surrounded by deplorables. I really think I would lose my mind!

MANative

(4,112 posts)
15. Spent time in the south as a kid while my dad was in the Army...
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 08:59 PM
Jul 2018

But all of my adult life had been in NY or New England. Couldn't even consider living in a red state. Shudder at the thought!

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
12. Are you in Investment Banking or a Hedge Fund?
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 08:01 PM
Jul 2018

The living and work locations are typical for that. But yeah, except for the hard rural northeast, Trump isn't popular.

MANative

(4,112 posts)
14. No, I'm an executive in the fashion industry
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 08:57 PM
Jul 2018

Lots of friends and acquaintances in the finance world, though!

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
16. That is a good job that you have. Are you in high end fashion or everyday more
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 09:05 PM
Jul 2018

mass produced fashion?

MANative

(4,112 posts)
17. Ladies evening wear, but not haute couture.
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 09:07 PM
Jul 2018

Higher end mass market. We sell to Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Saks, boutiques, etc. I'm surrounded by silk, lace and beading all day! Not a bad gig.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
19. Neat. That coming from a fashion cave man.
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 09:25 PM
Jul 2018

I wear a suit only when I am forced. My idea of high fashion is a pair of dress dockers and a nice mock turtle, in everyday work it is jeans and teeshirts.

MANative

(4,112 posts)
21. You and my hubby have a lot in common, then.
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 09:32 PM
Jul 2018

Getting him to put on a suit for a wedding or other special event is a battle. Kind of incongruous for him to wear dockers when I'm wearing a satin ballgown, but it doesn't mean he won't try to get away with it! LOL

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
22. Yeah, when I wear a suit and get out of it, I actually feel like I have extra life.
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 10:45 PM
Jul 2018

Weird, but some people are like that.

BumRushDaShow

(128,529 posts)
11. "Are there really that many women in the south and midwest to offset urban..."
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 07:56 PM
Jul 2018

You have seen some of the posts of the videos of the variety of idiot women who have been arrogantly scolding and calling the cops on AAs? And those incidents are just the ones that managed to get picked up by some outlet or blog site when an incident just so happened to have even been recorded and posted on social media. How many incidents like that are not recorded on the spot, let alone posted?

They are out there. And it's not just in the south or midwest. They are everywhere. Remember the one here in Philly at the Starbucks? Or a new one I just found - in the Portland, OR surburbs -

Woman calls police on black representative canvassing her own district

Luke Barnes
Jul 4, 2018, 12:25 pm

A black state representative canvassing a neighborhood in her own district was stopped by a police officer, after a woman dialed 911 to report that she was going door to door.

Representative Janelle Bynum (D), who is running for her second term in the Oregon State House of Representatives, spent two hours on Tuesday afternoon canvassing the community of Clackamas, near Portland.

According to the Oregonian, Bynum had nearly finished her rounds when a Clackamas county deputy pulled up next to her. The deputy explained to Bynum that they’d received a report that someone was spending a long time in the neighborhood and appeared to be taking notes about the houses on her phone.

<...>

Bynum’s ordeal is only the latest example of police receiving ridiculous 911 calls that complain about African-Americans engaging in completely benign and harmless activity. Last week, police in Cleveland received a 911 call about a 12-year-old African-American boy mowing a lawn. Earlier in June, a San Francisco woman faked a 911 call to complain about an eight-year old African-American girl selling water on the sidewalk. After the incident went viral the woman apologized — but said the incident had nothing to do with race.

https://thinkprogress.org/woman-calls-police-on-black-representative-canvassing-her-own-district-0eea7b419903/


Cops called on the woman who actually represents the district that the neighborhood is located in. The article claims the race of the caller was not identified but the town of Happy Valley, OR where the rep lives is less than 1% black, and the county where the district is located is also less than 1% black, so....
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
13. I guess I just don't know many women who are like this, or if they are, they are keeping it
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 08:10 PM
Jul 2018

very well hidden. But I think most of the women I know are pretty hardcore liberals or at least decent people. There are some women at work that I think are republican, but I happen to know that they can't stand Trump. They are traditional republicans and don't feel like Trump and his hatred represents them.

Rhiannon12866

(204,851 posts)
4. Then they are clearly just not paying attention!
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 04:41 PM
Jul 2018

Trump tends to single out women for his attacks, Elizabeth Warren, Maxine Waters, and of course, Hillary Clinton...

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,309 posts)
18. More than 50 percent of white women voters went for Trump. Less than 10 percent of black women
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 09:24 PM
Jul 2018

voters did. Seems about right.

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