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I simply can’t see how the GOP platform of turning their back in women’s rights, turning their back on gun victims, turning their back on our vets is a winning strategy. Common sense tells me the there will be a GOP shellacking in the November 2022 mid-terms.

As far as the economy, we have 3.6% unemployment, there are 11m job openings, wages are up. Sounds like someone is pissing on my leg and trying very hard to convince me that it’s raining.

…and all of the above in the backdrop of the outing of the GOP as the party of insurrectionists, where insurrectionists are still in government and still actively trying to dismantle democracy.

Sounds like there is an effort around here to shovel a pile of horse droppings and convince the rest of us that what we smell is actually rose petals.

1992: It’s the economy stupid.
2022: Have some common sense stupid.

Nonetheless...Republican women aren't going to vote for Democrats. You're pissing on your own leg if you believe that.

Rick, all I’m doing is passing on the numbers. I’m not trying to convince anyone of anything. Just letting one and all know how America as a whole, not just Democrats nor just Republicans, everyone. How they are viewing the upcoming election today. You can either like the cold hard numbers, disliked them, toss them out the window or do whatever floats your boat with them. If the election were held today, you’d see the Republican retake control of the house probably by around a 230-205 margin. While the Democrats a net gain of one senate seat. We still have a bit over 3 months to go, a lot can happen between now and then. I’d remember one thing, because you have a certain ideology, beliefs, how you look at the political world doesn’t mean everyone else does the same or has the same views. Each of us are different and we view happenings and events different. There’s a big difference between the two of us, you’re a very partisan, loyal democrat, I’m a swing voter, no loyalty to either major party. Abortion for me isn’t a hot issue, I’m interested in abortion only to the extent on how it effects and plays out in the upcoming midterms. I’m one of those who would rather abortion be legal, but it isn’t an issue I base my vote on. I think there are many, many more like me out there than you’d expect or think.

Welp, they voted for Clinton in '92 and Obama in 08.

One of us is going to be correct in a few months. From what I am reading, it will most likely be me.

Good luck my friend. I think yours is more of the heart speaking. Nothing wrong in that, hope springs eternal. Mine, going by hard number today is the GOP retakes the house, but the Democrats keep the senate. Those numbers are dynamic, they change. Yes indeed, November will answer all.

The problem is exit polls don’t break down the gender vote into Republican women, Democratic women, just men and women. No way to know how just Republican women voted in either 1992 or 2008. Women did indeed vote for Clinton and Obama, that's all women, no break down as in Republican, democratic, independent. Here

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2008/results/president/national-exit-polls.html

Even men, by one and two points voted for Obama and Bill Clinton in 2008 and 1992. Now if you scroll down a bit, you’ll find white women voted 41-41 for Clinton and Bush in 1992 while in 2008 white women voted 53-46 for McCain over Obama. Knowing this, I would wager, assume if you like since there’s no hard numbers on this that GOP women did vote for Bush slightly over Bill Clinton and for McCain over Obama. Remember not all white women are Republicans, they’re also Democrats and independents.