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WND : Unmarried women put Obama over the top

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-11-06 14:51|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I saw these statistics reflected in the IDB/TIFF polls prior to the election. At the time, I thought what's the heck's the deal? I would have thought women would go with the party of Palin. So what's going on here? Do women not like a strong woman? Is it the "right to life" issue or is something else going on here?

Posted by JohnQC 2008-11-06 14:57|| 2008-11-06 14:57|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder when he'll have a sex toy named after him? The One? Big Barry?
Anybody steals that, I'll sue their asses off.

Posted by tu3031 2008-11-06 15:12|| 2008-11-06 15:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Unmarried women, especially those with children, have trended Dem.

But as for JohnQC's question....don't forget, a lot of the most vicious things aimed Palin's way (and Hillary's) were from other females, and sadly, they didn't need much if any prompting to do it from men. (These same broads will later whine about how they are underpaid, get no respect for all the hard work that they do, blah blah blah with absolutely no sense of irony, to boot.)

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2008-11-06 15:29|| 2008-11-06 15:29|| Front Page Top

#4 I didn't vote for him. I even know guys who are half white/half black that are batter choices for President. I don't have great expectations for him.

But I hope the next eight years go so well they put his face on a coin a half century from now. Or the Credit card equivalent. Because that will mean Americans for the most part better off.

He should thank the fighting men and women of this country. The majority of us (and yes, including myself) thought Iraq was going to be a disaster, but low and behold. The American people want to talk about agents of change, David Petraeus is an agent of change.

Posted by Penguin 2008-11-06 15:54|| 2008-11-06 15:54|| Front Page Top

#5 I would have thought women would go with the party of Palin. So what's going on here?

Unmarried women tend to be more concerned about abortion, etc., and Palin clearly is/was a threat to that. Married women moved some towards Palin, but the Dems did a pretty good job demonizing the governor.

Posted by Steve White 2008-11-06 17:36|| 2008-11-06 17:36|| Front Page Top

#6 In California Caucasians are currently the largest minority in the state (42-43%). In the not too distant future they will become the second largest minority after Hispanics(currently 36-37%), a 6-7% swing will do the trick.

This will hold up for a short time until Hispanics become the majority at which time Caucasians will again become the largest minority. So goes California, so goes the Nation.

McCain lost California by 2.5 million votes.

Solution: The Trunks need to find an unmarried mother of mixed race with a Hispanic name.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-11-06 18:10|| 2008-11-06 18:10|| Front Page Top

#7 I knew several of these bitter unmarried 40 somethings, all professionals, who said to my (male) face the absolute worst misogynistic things about Palin you can imagine. No man would ever say them about a woman.

Truly, I was so gob-smacked, all I could say was, "So Feminism is well and truly dead..." and walk away.

OTOH, real life hockey moms (my town's full of them) did like, respect, and relate to Palin. They just didn't have much use for McCain.

I chalk it up to Old Maid envy and jealousy of Todd, the First Dude. Seriously.

Posted by JDB 2008-11-06 19:00|| 2008-11-06 19:00|| Front Page Top

#8 JDB, my assertion is that unmarried older professional women and maybe even married childless women in their 30s/40s are somewhat jealous of Palin. I think she's a great role model for American girls to emulate.

Posted by Broadhead6 2008-11-06 20:45|| 2008-11-06 20:45|| Front Page Top

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