Who voted for Trump in 2024? White women. That’s why

Kamala Harris’ campaign and her supporters angered many women—rightfully so—when they began actively talking to conservative women late in the campaign.

As in 2016, I did not vote for the woman at the top of the list on Tuesday.

It’s not because I’m afraid of a female president. I’m all for this idea.

But don’t expect me and other women to line up for a candidate simply because of her gender—or any other immutable characteristic. I need someone who will stand up for my principles and beliefs.

Vice President Kamala Harris, who avoided the Democratic primary by being dropped from President Joe Biden’s ticket at the last minute, has emerged as a thoroughly boring and untenable candidate.

And many voters saw through the farce, including many white women.

In what was widely expected to be a tight election, former President Donald Trump easily defeated Harris.

That’s because he was the better candidate and because he spoke directly to voters’ core concerns. Period.

Still, that reality didn’t stop him from wearily processing the loss of Harris. must to be attached to something vilesuch as America’s Inherent Racism and Sexism. Or, worse, some on the left will try to say that many white women did not have the means to stand up to the men in their lives.

This is why I’m calling BS.

Democrats’ campaign to attract conservative women? Be as lenient as possible.

Democrats appear to have learned nothing from Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016. All women were expected to flock to Clinton simply because of her gender. They didn’t, and white women helped Trump win, just like they did this time.

Clinton never forgave the women who didn’t vote for her and wrote a book of self-pity “What Happened” after an election that documented her disgust.

Although Harris’ gender played a less obvious role in her campaign, the undercurrents were still there.

The Harris campaign and its enablers angered many women—rightfully so—when they began actively talking to conservative women in the final days of the campaign.

For example, advertisement narrated by actress Julia Roberts portrayed two white women who had to secretly vote for Harris so as not to upset their husbands.

“In the only place in America where women still have the right to choose, you can vote however you want and no one will ever know,” Roberts says in the ad.

At the end, one husband asks his wife, “Did you make the right choice?”

She replies, “Of course, honey.”

Talk about an insult.

But that’s exactly how the Democrats and media sequentially portrayed conservative women – as if They’re living in some sort of Handmaid’s Tale nightmare. where they have to lie to their husbands to vote the way they want.

Ahead of the election, billionaire investor and Harris supporter Mark Cuban said this: “I really think women are going to win this vice presidential election. I think they will come out in large numbers. I think they won’t listen to their husbands. I think they will do the right thing and vote for the vice president.”

Perhaps this time Trump haters and liberals will learn a lesson: condescension is not a winning strategy.

The gender gap was not as large as expected. Don’t blame sexism.

Although I wouldn’t count on it.

During MSNBC’s election coverage Tuesday, anchor Joy Reid instinct was to beat up white women for not winning North Carolina for Harris.

“Black voters supported Kamala Harris,” Reed said. “White women voters didn’t.“

Whose fault is it?

Like men, women vote on issues such as the economy, crime and immigration, and Harris has offered voters nothing that will give them confidence that she can handle those top issues. I know many women who would never support Harris given her position. against protecting sport and the privacy of women and girls.

Harris seemed to think that if she repeated “abortion rights” enough, that (along with her gender) would be enough to bring women into her camp.

While women overall were more supportive of Harris than Trump, white women were not: 53% of white women voted for Trumpand only 45% supported Harris. This is even more support than Trump got eight years ago.

If I were to give advice to the next Democratic presidential candidate, I would want to get rid of the blatant disrespect for a clearly powerful group of voters who are quite capable of thinking for themselves.

Ingrid Jacques is a columnist for USA TODAY. Contact her at [email protected] or on X (formerly Twitter): @Ingrid_Jacques.