Tears, anguish, devastation for many female Clinton voters

[webfact]

Tears, anguish, devastation for many female Clinton voters 
JOCELYN NOVECK, AP National Writer

 

Maggie Passmore of St. Paul, Minnesota, had been watching election returns at a party but reverted to watching at home "when things got scary." She fell asleep, then awoke to learn that Donald Trump was defeating Hillary Clinton.

 

"And then I threw up," said Passmore, 54. "My body totally rejected the result." Hours later, she found herself writing an email to her kids saying how terrified she was for the country's future: for the Supreme Court, for health care, for international relations.

 

Shock. Despair. A punch to the gut. Hopelessness. Countless female Clinton supporters used those words Wednesday to describe their feelings. Some spoke of collapsing in tears, or seeing strangers do the same — on the subway, or on the street.

 

For many women, the election was a one-two punch. A huge milestone that had seemed so tantalizingly close — the election of a woman as president — was now out of reach. And the victorious candidate was one who had denigrated women, mocked a beauty pageant contestant for her weight, described grabbing women by the genitals with impunity, and been accused of multiple instances of sexual assault.

 

By the time Trump had called his opponent "such a nasty woman," it had seemed that women might hand him a defeat at the ballot box. But when the dust cleared, the unprecedented gender gap — 13 points in Clinton's favor, assuming exit polls hold up, the largest since the exit poll began in 1972 — wasn't enough.

 

And the fact is that millions of American women did vote for Trump.

 

"Listen, I didn't love either of the candidates," said Susan Paarz, 69, of Somers Point, New Jersey. "But I voted against corruption and dishonesty."

 

For Clinton supporter Jan Risher, Election Day had begun joyously. She'd rustled up the best pantsuit she could — not matching, but no matter — and headed to downtown Lafayette, Louisiana, to take a happy photo with some similarly attired women. Hours later, instead of celebrating the first woman president as she'd expected, she was searching online for how to immigrate to Canada.

 

"I have never felt so forlorn in my life," said Risher, 52. "I just feel such alienation from my country today."

 

On social media, many women asked: What will we tell our daughters? Clinton herself addressed the issue in an emotional concession speech. "To all the little girls watching: Never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world," she said.

 

Not all of the women who voted for Trump completely condoned his behavior. They just preferred him to the alternative.

 

To Trump supporter Diane Massaroli of Staten Island, New York, the candidate's vulgar, caught-on-tape comments were disgusting — but not a dealbreaker. And the series of women who accused him of sexual assault didn't persuade her, she said. (Her 15-year-old daughter, though, was a Clinton supporter — and in tears at the result.)

 

"A lot of people said that to me: How could I vote for him, being the mother of a daughter? ... But I think everything else is far greater" than his comments, Massaroli said. "I think people just didn't trust her as much as they would trust him."

 

Said Paarz of Trump's vulgar comments: "Any woman would have been offended. But guys talk that way in a locker room. Is he different? Probably not."

 

A clearly disappointed Kathy Spillar, executive director of the Feminist Majority Foundation, preferred to accentuate the positive in the election: Clinton, she noted, won among young women, not to mention winning the popular vote. And the subject of sexual assault made it front and center in the campaign.

 

"A sleeping giant has been awakened on this issue of sexual assault," Spillar said. "Women have made it very clear that they're not going to be treated this way by men."

 

In Florida — a key battleground state won narrowly by Trump — Phyllis Towzey of St. Petersburg watched election night returns from her sofa, and started to cry. "I've dreamed about a woman president since I was a little kid," the 57-year-old attorney said. "And if she couldn't win over a grossly less qualified male candidate, I don't think there's any hope in my lifetime to have a woman president."

 

Nora Rubel and her two daughters were among throngs of people who went to suffragist Susan B. Anthony's gravesite Tuesday to celebrate voting for Clinton — the Rochester, New York, graveyard had extended its hours, expecting the crowd.

 

"The energy was incredible, and it felt prophetic," she recalled.

 

A day later, her 13-year-old daughter was sobbing so hard over Clinton's loss that the girl stayed home from school.

 

Rubel struggled with what to say to her despondent children Wednesday, but settled on this: "We're all disappointed. There are checks and balances, although not as many as we want, and we all have to take care of each other."

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Tamara Lush in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Jennifer Peltz in New York contributed to this report.

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-11-10

[nottocus]

Typical. Cry when they don't get their way.

[JoePai]

A day later, her 13-year-old daughter was sobbing so hard over Clinton's loss that the girl stayed home from school.

 

Pathetic    

[Kwasaki]

As said on news stations a bit like another Brexit.  

 

Never mind the personal attack stuff l like to hear a future US leader saying he wants to be friends with Russia and China and other countries, instead of making war all the time. 

[OMGImInPattaya]

13 minutes ago, JoePai said:

A day later, her 13-year-old daughter was sobbing so hard over Clinton's loss that the girl stayed home from school.

 

Pathetic    

So true...instead of schooling their littles ones about the gift of democracy they coddle the next generation of SJWs.

[amykat]

13 minutes ago, OMGImInPattaya said:

So true...instead of schooling their littles ones about the gift of democracy they coddle the next generation of SJWs.

 

Says the man from San Fran who now lives in a condo in Pattaya hanging out with whom and spending his time doing what??

[OMGImInPattaya]

1 minute ago, amykat said:

 

Says the man from San Fran who now lives in a condo in Pattaya hanging out with whom and spending his time doing what??

Spending too much time on T-V and explaining democracy to all the ladyboys I encounter ?

[catinthehat]

Hopefully all of those cry babies and Hollywood celebrities will now move to Canada.

[Dagnabbit]

4 hours ago, nottocus said:

Typical. Cry when they don't get their way.

 

 

Yup - so much for being equal!

[wonder6281]

Explains their voting mentality . 

[mike324]

I find it funny how now Trump supporters are not saying the election is rigged now just because he won, and the fact that they have failed to see the entire world mocking the US with Trump as president. The US has truly taken a step backwards. But the truth is that Trump will never act on most his brash words and promises.

[BuaBS]

28 minutes ago, mike324 said:

I find it funny how now Trump supporters are not saying the election is rigged

The election WAS RIGGED ! But he won anyway . If it wasn't rigged it would have been a landslide.

[mike324]

1 hour ago, BuaBS said:

The election WAS RIGGED ! But he won anyway . If it wasn't rigged it would have been a landslide.

 

If that is still the case, I just hope with all his power, he can finally proof that it is rigged once he is president.  

[Rob13]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

A day later, her 13-year-old daughter was sobbing so hard over Clinton's loss that the girl stayed home from school.

 

 

Had a math test no doubt.

[soalbundy]

it's another ''My life has been ruined'' thing, like when they realize 30 years later that they had been sexually molested.

[soc]

3 hours ago, catinthehat said:

Hopefully all of those cry babies and Hollywood celebrities will now move to Canada.

Poor Canada

[amykat]

6 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

it's another ''My life has been ruined'' thing, like when they realize 30 years later that they had been sexually molested.

 

You guys are so pissing me off with these comments!  Why don't you come over to my house ...I would like to show you a few things and I can promise you it won't take you 30 years to realize what happened to you 

[soalbundy]

Just now, amykat said:

 

You guys are so pissing me off with these comments!  Why don't you come over to my house ...I would like to show you a few things and I can promise you it won't take you 30 years to realize what happened to you 

you're a gay pervert right?

[soc]

1 minute ago, amykat said:

 

You guys are so pissing me off with these comments!  Why don't you come over to my house ...I would like to show you a few things and I can promise you it won't take you 30 years to realize what happened to you 

Wheeeeeeee, cranky cranky cranky.

[RickBradford]

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A clearly disappointed Kathy Spillar, executive director of the Feminist Majority Foundation, preferred to accentuate the positive in the election: Clinton, she noted, won among young women ... 

 

What this lame and slanted piece neglects to mention is that research has showed that Clinton only got 55% of the 'young women' demographic. Obama took 63% last time round.

 

Hardly a ringing endorsement for the sisterhood........

[lovelomsak]

Talk about sexist article. Why is gender relative when the country is talking about leadership. I thought leadership should go to the best qualified,or am I to old fashioned. Maybe in todays times sex,or race are more important than getting the job done. Put a woman in to have woman not a capable person but it has to be a woman. Or put a colored person in to keep the ratio of white to color in line,never mind ability.

  In the 70's in Canada the saying was "To get any where in the government you have to be a pregnant, aboriginal,handicapped ,woman" Still seems to ring true to some people.way of thinking.. 

[Thakkar]

12 minutes ago, RickBradford said:

 

What this lame and slanted piece neglects to mention is that research has showed that Clinton only got 55% of the 'young women' demographic. Obama took 63% last time round.

 

Hardly a ringing endorsement for the sisterhood........

 

I get get that the white male vote went to Trump. I even get that 33% of Latino male vote went to him. My guess as to why a majority of white females (and a much smaller, but still surprising number of Latina) voted Trump is that the overturning of Roe v. Wade which Trump has promised is of paramount importance to religious women and that this desire trumps everything else.

 

As to why the polls got it so wrong, it turns out that well educated whites never admitted to pollsters their support for Trump. Pollsters consistently reported Trumps main support came from less educated whites (male and female, but overwhelmingly male). Far more better educated whites supported Trump than were willing to admit publicly.

 

[DogNo1]

OMG!  Who would have thought that the racist, sexist and xenophobic Deplorables would fight back.   Actually after the speech of the most popular politician in America (Michelle Obama,)  I had a feeling that the Democrats were doomed.  

Read our lips concerning the aggressive politically correct, trigger phrase, Black Lives Matter and democracy everywhere groups - Enough already!  Our lives matter too.

[mokwit]

Hopefully they will retreat to their 'safe space' and stay there.

[Prbkk]

Suck it up, sisters....a significant proportion of female voters chose Trump ( or are they not to be counted , being poor white trailer park trash?

[Dtrump]

2 minutes ago, Prbkk said:

Suck it up, sisters....a significant proportion of female voters chose Trump ( or are they not to be counted , being poor white trailer park trash?

Publicus that high class TV poster said the men were pig farmers so maybe the women are pig farmers wives.  At least they work unlike the welfare Clinton supporters who have never had a job other than government money.

[anotheruser]

3 hours ago, mike324 said:

I find it funny how now Trump supporters are not saying the election is rigged now just because he won, and the fact that they have failed to see the entire world mocking the US with Trump as president. The US has truly taken a step backwards. But the truth is that Trump will never act on most his brash words and promises.

 

Well Obama told him to stop whining, go get votes and accept the results. Seems he took Obama up on that.

[NovaBlue05]

Interesting that, even among college educated white women, Trump got almost half (45%) despite the Clinton media's nonstop narrative that he was practically a serial rapist.

 

I wonder if this will cause the media to reflect on their yellow journalism tactics?

 

Of course not

[tifino]

 

quite funny watching on the television; all the  Waaaaaaa  Waaaaaaa  Waaaaaaaa  by grown adults     

 

 

and Hillary got her solace, by hugging (caressing? ) someone else's poor little girl

[boomerangutang]

10 hours ago, nottocus said:

Typical. Cry when they don't get their way.

 

Like The Divider crying about the polls always being wrong when they showed him behind.  And him crying about the election being rigged, weeks before the election.   Trump won the cry-baby vote.

 

And even the staunchest Trump fans know that if the results were the other way around (If Trump had won the popular vote but lost the electoral college) that Guiliani, Christie, Trump and all the other cry-babies would be out screaming in the streets of having a stolen election.   

 

More than any other person, Comey enabled Trump to win.   Guiliani knew about Comey's announcement days before.  There's an interview on CNN with Guiliani sheepishly giggling like a toddler while he kept saying, "there will be a big surprise in two days, giggle giggle giggle."    How much did the Republicans pay Comey to throw the election?   Ten million?   50 million?