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The breakdown between men and women followed the party ID real close. All Republicans 88% Trump 8% Hillary All Democrats 89% Hillary 8% Trump Republican Men 89% Trump 7% Hillary Republican Women 88% Trump 9% Hillary Democratic Men 87% Hillary, 9% Trump Democratic Women 91% Hillary, 7% Trump
So rather men or women, they followed their party within a single point one way or the other with the exception of Democratic Women which voted 2 points above all Democrats.
For fun, let me throw in independents. All Independents Trump 46%, Hillary 42% Third Party 12% Independent men Trump 50%, Hillary 38%, Third Party 12% Independent Women Trump 42%, Hillary 47%, Third Party 11%
Trump won independent men by 12, lost independent women by 5. But what we see is the dislike both major party candidates by independent men who voted third party 12% and independent women voting third party 11% are almost the same percentage.
Men and women followed their party line or ID, party loyalty more important than the sex of the candidates. This also shows the dislike of both major party candidate was even among independent men and women.
Trump lucked out winning Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin by a few thousand votes each. I don't think him winning those three states can be credited to the gender issue as party loyalty applied in each state.
What probably did let Trump win those three states was the union household vote. Hillary did 7-10 points worse than Obama did with union households in those three states. Pennsylvania, Obama received 60% of the union household vote, Hillary 50%, in Michigan, Obama received 61% of the union household vote, Hillary 53%, in Wisconsin Obama 60% to Hillary's 53%. Nationally, it was Obama 58%, Hillary 51%. The Democrats were losing support of the working man.
For the record, union households made up 21% of the vote in Wisconsin, 28% in Michigan and 26% in Pennsylvania.
It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.
