OK Betsy, I'm awake and need distraction. Let's talk numbers.
Who do you think voted for Trump?
How would you describe them?
How would you quantify them?
He got more votes than any other presidential candidate in history. Except Joe Biden.
The popular vote was 49% Trump - 51% Biden.
THIS WAS A MAXIMUM EFFORT ELECTION.
That makes it highly significant if you are a political scientist. Because the "real strength" of both sides is actually revealed.
You cannot claim that Biden won because X, Y, or Z voters didn't show up. Everyone showed up.
The same goes for Trump. Everyone in the country who was going to vote for him did.
Both sides in effect "put all their cards on the table". Which means we can clearly see who is voting for each party.
Who do you think voted for Trump?
How would you describe them?
How would you quantify them?
Here's Trump's 49%
Whites - -42% (down 2% from 2016)
Blacks----01% (same for 25 years)
Hispanic-06% (up 2% stunning everyone)
A-PI-I ----00% (almost 0% votes Republican)
Here's Biden's 51%
Whites --24% (up 2% from 2016)
Blacks ---11% (9 out of 10)
Hispanic-12% (2 out of 3)
A-PI-I ----04% (basically everyone)
Do you want to argue about these numbers.
Because these numbers are agreed on by every credible network, think tank, newspaper, polling service, and analyst. The vote was the most secure and most scrutinized in history.
Those are the numbers.
So, what do you see? Here's what I see.
Whites are about 66% of the voting population.
About 2 out of 3 of them vote Trumpublican.
Now, you can quibble that the ratio isn't exact. However, 2% of those who voted for Trump in 16' crossed over and voted for Biden. That 2%, the RHINO vote is still basically Republican. If Trump isn't on the ballot they will go back to voting Republican.
So, if you meet a White person in America the odds are that they are a Trumpublican. Being a Trumpublican is “normal” for White people.
Now if Whites are 66% of the voting population that means 32% are men and 34% are women (roughly).
How much of the White male vote do you think Trump got? Even if he got 100% that’s still only 32% of the 42% that voted Trumpublican.
Even if every White man in the country voted for Trump, about 1 in 4 White women would have had to voted for him.
Is that what you think Betsy?
Because Trump didn’t get 100% of the White male vote. He got a depressing 70%. Think about that, 7 out of 10 White Men in America votes Trumpublican. They are the biggest supporters of Trumpublican America.
Which means, Trumps 42% White vote in 2020 was about 21% men and 21% women. 7 out of 10 White men and 3 out 5 White women.
3 out 5 is slightly less than 2 out 3, I will concede that point. But not by much.
So, if you meet 5 White women today. The odds are 3 of them were Trumpublican.