Why do minorities and women in the US generally vote left wing?

[Rand /pol/]

https://www.cnn.com/election/2016/results/exit-polls

It should suprise no one that in the United States it is generally common for minority ethnic groups and women to vote Democrat and for Left Wing policies, why do you think this is?

 

[d12]

Might be because of the popular perception of the Republican Party's affiliation with racist groups and ideologues. Whether or not that perception is still accurate I can't say but I feel that may be a key factor. The Republicans may be the party of Lincoln but Nixon's Southern Strategy may have shuffled things up I feel. Might also be the fact that the Dems market themselves pretty aggressively to minorities as the "correct" party to vote for as opposed to those bigoted Republican fat cats (disregarding the fact that the Dems are just as obese and feline).

 

[Leadlight_]

Minorities generally live in more urban areas, which historically have been Democrat for decades. If you're father voted Democrat and you live in a community where Democratic rule is all you know, you're more likely to continue to vote Democrat out of familiarity. Doesn't help the fact that many Democratic politicians try to pander to minorities and less-than-well-off people with free stuff and the like.

As for woman, I dunno. Generally they vote Democrat, yes, but It's not as hard-set as it is for predicting minority votes. The 2016 election really stunned a lot of people with just how many woman actually voted for Trump despite all the allegations against him. I think it also comes down to pandering and politicians setting up false narratives to convince woman that they are oppressed and need the Democratic party's help to break the glass ceiling or something.

 

[Draza]

They want they free shit.

 

[Doc Cassidy]

Low IQ

 

[Pablo Birmingham]

Free shit

 

[Krispum Western Chumbler]

Shit for free.

 

[Trasha Pay That A$$]

As for woman, I dunno. Generally they vote Democrat, yes, but It's not as hard-set as it is for predicting minority votes. The 2016 election really stunned a lot of people with just how many woman actually voted for Trump despite all the allegations against him. I think it also comes down to pandering and politicians setting up false narratives to convince woman that they are oppressed and need the Democratic party's help to break the glass ceiling or something.

Yes and it really burned Hillary too. Her attacks that women who didn't vote for her only listen to their husbands and do what they say was pretty re.tarded of her. I think most women vote based on emotion and like you said, the narratives that the left wing puts forth tug at those heartstrings.

 

[Black Waltz]

Because they're stupid and need to be put in their place.

 

[Lipitor]

It's not that complicated. You vote for the candidate that will better represent your personal interests best. Not everyone has the same personal interests. Even people within the same party may not have the same economic interests, depending on which candidate supports one of a plethora of rival industries.

 

[Zaragoza]

If you're father voted Democrat and you live in a community where Democratic rule is all you know, you're more likely to continue to vote Democrat out of familiarity. Doesn't help the fact that many Democratic politicians try to pander to minorities and less-than-well-off people with free stuff and the like.

I can relate to this a lot, also take into consideration that the aging demographic tend to get their political views and information from TV which always lean toward the left.

 

[Leadlight_]

It's not that complicated. You vote for the candidate that will better represent your personal interests best.

You should vote for the candidate that will better represent the peoples interests best.

 

[Y2K Baby]

Tiny brains for tiny gains.

 

[Your Weird Fetish]

Women do it out of peer pressure. They tend to value consensus and harmony more than men, who are by contrast willing to be brazen iconoclasts even when it makes no sense to do so just to make a point. America's institutions are dominated by left wing voices, so this pushes more consensus minded people left. This is also why being left leaning is less pronounced with married women.

Minorities do it because of welfare and successfully pushed racism narratives.

These are of course just describing general trends and not every woman is a blind conformist anymore than every non-white person just wants mo money fo dem programs.

 

[Y2K Baby]

not every woman is a blind conformist

They've got brains built like bugs though. It is in their nature to be nurtured.

 

[Dreamland]

They have no concept of their own responsibility in life and their actions can benefit or affect their own lives. Example of this are drugs, every junkie throwing used needles in sandboxes and shooting up on the streets is a victim because "heroin is not free"/"they're just insane"/"it's all [current president's] fault!!". There is also a fundamental difference in the interpretation of "freedom", whereas most people consider freedom as the idea that you are free to influence and control your life and decisions, most leftists consider it to be more prosaic concept where "free" is the pricetag on their drugs/healthcare/bread & circus/food.

"If i hate it it should be forbidden by law, if i like it the state should be there to provide it for me."

 

[BeanBidan]

My Obama phone never came.

 

[millais]

For a long time, it is speculated that people move further left on the political spectrum with increasing level of higher education, and the exit poll data generally bears out this correlation, so it stands to reason that since a higher proportion of women attain higher education than men, the women will skew further left.

Also, the women are probably a big contingent of "single issue voter" when it comes to "reproductive rights", so that will also skew to the left.

The socioeconomically disadvantaged minorities probably skew left on account of their desire for "gib me dats"

 

[ES 148]

Because being right-wing is gay and the minorities don't like the gays

 

[Malagor the dank omen]

For a long time, it is speculated that people move further left on the political spectrum with increasing level of higher education, and the exit poll data generally bears out this correlation, so it stands to reason that since a higher proportion of women attain higher education than men, the women will skew further left.

Also, the women are probably a big contingent of "single issue voter" when it comes to "reproductive rights", so that will also skew to the left.

The socioeconomically disadvantaged minorities probably skew left on account of their desire for "gib me dats"

This pretty much. Dems (and pretty much all left wing) push for giving lotsa benefits to minorities so they can get money just by existing as long as they fulfill certain conditions.

As for women, i can attest for women in higher education being screeching banshees that buy into leftism. About their cause, it's because leftism goes for women but if you ask them for something specifical, they will struggle to say something. More than usually it will just be the magical "equality", but in reality, it just clicks for them. And colleges being massive hives of leftists don't make it easier since women need that sweet social validation, therefore buying into the popular leftism just makes them popular by default.

Being a conservative in college is pretty much vowing to be either scorned or an outcast