Sixty-three Percent of Single Women Voted for Biden Over Trump


Unmarried women have been voting in larger numbers in each of the last several elections. They are voting by a large margin for democrats, including Biden. This explains several things we are seeing.

One is the demonization of Taylor Swift. If any person could be the worst news ever for Bible belting conservatives is it a single woman in her early 30's staring in the most successful musical tour ever. As one conservative male pundit said, "She's ugly and her music is terrible." The reason they have problem with her is she is not controlled by the Christian right and is hugely successful. We can expect a rising chorus of Swift demonization.

The other thing we are observing is politicians backing away from a national prohibition of abortion. Polling across the board shows forcing pregnant women to give birth is a losing issue. Single women are voting against these candidates and the Republican Party. The Party used to have this in its Platform. Now is has no Platform.  

For whatever reason, the Republican Party has abandoned it traditional voice for making our country a land of opportunity. It has decided to be the party that withholds opportunity for women and for families where the woman is a primary bread winner. Republicans do not want the country to be a shining beacon of hope.

While there seems little evidence Taylor Swift is really interested in politics, the door seems open for her or some other big personality to become a powerful voice of change. I don't know of another constituency that is so ready to launch into politics and disrupt the status quo than women. While they have become a visible force in recent elections we may be seeing only the tip of the iceberg. 

Barry Goldwater lost an election decades ago. He scored so low it was thought Republicans were done. Instead he sparked a conservative movement that kept growing. It seem plausible overturning Roe is similar to Goldwater's large defeat. I think we may well see a pendulum swinging in the opposite direction with liberal and women's rights driving electoral politics for the next several years.  

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