Certainly the Thanksgiving weekend is not a particularly convenient time to examine the set of theoretical voting maps included in this 538 article. But if you have time next week, check out what the results would have looked like like if only men could vote, only women, only nonwhite citizens, only college educated and finally only non-college educated could vote in the 2018 Mid-terms.. It is an intriguing look at the differences in voting allegiances by the majority of voters in each of these categories.
All anyone can say who believes in the rights of all groups to be equally represented in a democracy is ‘Thank goodness women got the right to vote!’. The Congress today would look vastly different today if that right had not been granted to women in 1920. Of course for many women back then it was typical to vote the same as one’s spoouse. Almost one-hundred years later, that notion still lingers in a minority of households. (Check the men only could vote map.)
It is also interesting to observe the differences between the college educated and non-college educated maps. It appears that at least to some extent. a college education provides an opportunity to practice higher level thinking skills and thus helps people to discern the difference between propaganda and facts when being bombarded by political ads and candidates’ speeches..
Political strategists will be pouring over these voter categories to ready their candidates for the 2020 election. It is already a given, according to this article that the GOP will focus on immigration to appeal to their constituents (non-college educated) and the Dems will emphasize health-care to appeal to suburban women. Hope you can take the time to look the maps over – and don’t forget to check out how Michigan would look with each category.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-if-only-men-voted-only-women-only-nonwhite-voters/?src=obsidebar=sb_1