'Stormy Effect': Trump's support falls with women, rises with men in new poll

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

Support from women fell from 41 percent to 35 percent in the new Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll, even as Trump’s support among men rose 3 points to 53 percent.

Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll co-director Mark Penn said the growing gender gap in the poll is the result of the “Stormy Effect.”

“While President Trump’s overall ratings are stable, his support increased among men and dropped among women,” Penn said. “This poll was taken right after the Stormy Daniels interview and so I think this increased gender polarization is the ‘Stormy Effect’.”

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/381328-stormy-effect-trumps-support-falls-with-women-rises-with-men-in-new

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Discouraging as it is that Trump might be gaining support among men, there was some better news with this poll:

57% of voters said they'd like to see Dems win control of the Senate (51% of men and 63% of women). The poll got similar results when asking about control of the House.

When asked about which party's candidate they'd vote for in their own districts, voters favored Dems by a 45-34 margin. But again, this was mostly due to women, who favored Dems 49-26. Male voters were essentially split on the question.

[bettyellen]

1. We need to motivate these women to vote. More female candidates.

[crazycatlady]

4. There are many qualified women running this year at all levels

[democratisphere]

2. What the hell is wrong with the men that support this total jerk that is the absolute worst

example of what a male creature should be!

[PatrickforO]

3. Well...I don't support him.

And this is just one poll anyway. I'm thinking it has some bias.

[bettyellen]

6. Its men that brought us Trump, so its a valid question. WTF, men?

[progree]

7. Black men voted Clinton over Trump by 67 points, Latino men by 29 points. Meanwhile, white women

voted for Trump over Hillary by 9 points.

So let's not condemn all men or exonerate all women.

[bettyellen]

8. Yes, whites too. But of all races, men put him over the top.

[progree]

9. So let's not condemn all men or exonerate all women

Black men voted Clinton over Trump by 67 points, Latino men by 29 points. Meanwhile, white women
voted for Trump over Hillary by 9 points.

Although a white man, I can't speak for the white men who voted for Trump. I voted for Clinton. So don't "wtf men" me.

Old people voted more for Trump than Clinton, but I don't post "wtf, old people" posts. (I'm old, by the way, but I didn't vote the same way as the majority of my age cohort. I can't speak for that majority either).

[bettyellen]

13. Lets not lie and say I condemned anyone? You should learn to listen, perhaps?

This thin skin thing has got to end.

[progree]

14. Yeah you did. "It's men that brought us Trump, so its a valid question. WTF, Men?"

So let's not lie, OK? Let's learn to read, OK?

This thin skin thing has got to end.

Yup!

[bettyellen]

15. Thats a question we need to be asking. Dem men are lagging in activism and support why?

[LanternWaste]

22. You seem to believe that an accurate observation is the same as a condemnation.

You seem to believe that an accurate observation in regards to demographics is the same as a condemnation. It's not...

"So let's not be disingenuous simply to support our narrative. Let's learn to read for comprehension beyond our own biases, OK?"

[progree]

23. I don't like to be "WTF MEN?"'d and blamed for Trump. I did NOT VOTE FOR TRUMP

"So let's not be disingenuous simply to support our narrative. "
"Let's learn to read for comprehension beyond our own biases, OK?"

Good advice for you.

"It's men that brought us Trump, so its a valid question. WTF, Men?"

Sounds like a condemnation of men to me. I DID NOT VOTE FOR TRUMP. I don't like to be "WTF'd, Men?"

Just like we don't post "WTF black people?" for not turning out in the same numbers that they did in 2008 and 2012.

Just like we don't post "WTF white women?" for voting for Trump by a 9 point margin.

Just like we don't post "WTF married people?" for voting for Trump by a 8 point margin.

(Unmarried people voted for Clinton by an 18 point margin).

Broadbrushing demographics with "WTF (demographic)?" is not helpful and does not unite, but rather divides, and has no place in a progressive forum. It does less than nothing to help us towards reaching our shared goal of electing Democrats.

[LiberalFighter]

5. All the more reason more women need to be elected to office.

Listening to a broadcast on NPR this morning about how women do better for businesses. With that in mind the same should be applied to Congress.

[Botany]

10. Men get a rise out of Stormy?

[Still In Wisconsin]

11. DUDE NAILED A PORNSTAR! DUDE! GRAB 'EM BY THE PUSSY!

TRUMP IS FUCCKIN AWWWESOME! #MAGA!!!!

Oh, just in case.


PS: in my opinion, the antidote to this is to remind jerks that he whimpered and cried like a baby when she swatted him with a magazine.

[mountain grammy]

12. These polls are maddening..

Who the fuck approves of this madness? Men? I think I give up.

[OliverQ]

16. I'm so disgusted how high his approval still is.

It really makes this all seem hopeless when so much of the country is dumber than a box of rocks.

[Midnight Writer]

17. Let me get this straight. You ask men about Stormy Daniels and their polls go up?

[calimary]

18. Yeah, no kidding.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

19. Very tough being a straight single older woman these days.

Why do I even want a relationship with a man when their world view harms me and their motivations are so alien to my own?

[progree]

21. "Why do I even want a relationship with a man when their world view harms me.." - I wouldn't either

Nor would I with the majority of white women who voted for Trump. And the elderly voted more for Trump than middle-aged and younger.

As an old white guy, my dating pool (if I was looking which I'm not) is cut down by more than half, since I simply would never, ever date a Trumpist woman.

And as far as talking to other white guys my age, sigh, when maybe 3/4 of them voted for Trump... more times than not I know somewhere down the road he's going to tell me he's a "libertarian" and then start ranting about some "Obamacare" something or other.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. This Is Still A Net Loss

Since the two genders polled are roughly 50:50, a 6 point drop in one and 3 point rise in the other is a net loss.

That's a good thing, although i'm pissed at anybody who now likes "it" more than they used to.