I don’t understand. Women voting for trump

Well, I'll *trump* you both. I don't understand ANYONE voting for him. And yes, I am 1,000% serious. I just don't understand.

I think they mistakenly think he's going to fix inflation. Or they believe like the Trump supporter here that Trump will be better for her portfolio. (Not sure if that account is actually real) Or they like the image of Trump as a "strongman" (even though the rest of us know he's weak). Or they hate the same people and actually like his racist, xenophobic bigoted bullying. Or they're afraid and believe the right wing media bs about crime or immigration and somehow think Trump or the Republicans will fix it.

I believe the man who owned the company for whom my DH worked, votes for him because of the promise of tax incentives for the wealthy.

Excluding those who expect to get tax cuts and deregulation that will help their business, I think deep down he is what they want to be or are. They may dress is up by saying they want secure borders etc but basically they share his values.(whatever those may be) Just my opinion. I heard someone I know refer to Kamala as That Womam and thought to myself there has to be some sort of mysoginism to refer to her that way and be a 45 supported with all the actual things he does.

I unfortunately think a lot of modern progress turns out to be in law or policy, not in hearts and minds. It is incredibly depressing.

amen

Because they think this is all lies by the Democrats, and if you show them a video, then they think the video was edited.

Also, some women don't want to vote for Kamala because of the abortion issue. They feel the Republicans will take a harder stance against abortion. Not to mention that Kamala apparently slept her way to the top and had an affair with a married man, even though that married man had been separated from his wife for over 10 years. But, oh no, we can't have that kind of woman in the White House. It is ok for a man to be a sleaze, but not a woman.

Lately I have been thinking a lot about why abortion is such an issue for people that I see billboards and signs discouraging abortion or “pray to end abortion but I have never seen any billboards or signs saying to pray to end gun violence. People will vote based on abortion restrictions but don’t have any care in the world about protecting people from other forms of “killing” (as they call it).

I saw a bumper sticker last weekend about Prop3 (Missouri) and a line saying “no tax funded abortions!”

I was outraged on several levels (mind your business, someone had to make that sticker, health care is not taxpayer funded, and so on).

I really want to post on Facebook asking ONE Trumper with a daughter to tell me why he’s voting for the American nightmare. Hell, if you have a daughter, sister, wife, mother, whatever, why is he a good idea??

I have three Republican “friends” on Facebook who reliably reply if I get political, and they all have daughters and no sons. But they have to comment against what I’ve said.

It’s absolutely boggling.

Since they clearly don't know anything about history or abortion law, you can inform them that the Hyde amendment outlawed using any federal funds for abortion way back in 1977. Most so-called pro-lifers seem unaware of that fact.

As to the OP - women aligning themselves with the male power base to boost their own sense of safety, security, and superiority is nothing new. It's a form of internalized misogyny.

Yeah, nice people in their little carefully crafted bubble world who are actually racists when removed from their little comfortable space. I had one out themselves last weekend in front of me. I never really knew they were racist, I mean they’ve voted for him before so I felt they were probably closet racists, but now I know for sure. Never had the opportunity to see evident first hand before. .

If you’re voting for Trump you approve of his outright racism. He is an out, proud racist who says racist things in literally every speech he gives. Voting to put him in the whitehouse says clearly you approve of that racism, there is no excuse for that, none.

So, no, not nice people, just people still hiding their true selves.

And that’s what I mean about dressing up their attraction to Trump using certain issues as an excuse. They are willfully ignoring all the questionable policies.

I think misogyny plays a big part. People think that women aren't as strong or capable of being respected as men. Even if they don't admit it. My sister is the Democratic chair of her small Iowa county and I have another sister who worked on the Biden campaign and now the Harris campaign. The older one (she is still only 35) called Kamala a "token" on two accounts last week and was saying something about "you can't put the token on the top of the ticket." I wasn't quite sure what what she was trying to say but didn't want to get into it with her where we were, but now I have been wanting to ask her more. The one who works on the campaign said that she has had women tell her (when knocking on doors or phone banking in a swing state) that they won't vote for a woman. One woman told her that while her 10ish year old granddaughter stood right next to her!

Some of it is also just the same old reasons why it is not in anyone's interests to vote for Trump. They live in an alternate universe where they are ignorant to the fact that they are the ones who are being conned, not us.

Politics girl had a good video recently. It's about men not voting for a woman, but I think much of it can be applied to women as well. youtu.be/C2Se5KYwvKw?si=cmqp0EqrOMzWPUJ9