Mastodawn

SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/

This Bill in the Senate Could Disenfranchise Millions of Women Voters

Trump has renewed pressure for the Senate to pass the SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship to vote. For the 69 million women who have changed their last name this would create a barrier to voting.

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Seán Fenian Feb 3

@amydiehl That could backfire on them. I saw it asserted a day or two ago that without white women voting disproportionately conservative, no conservative would have won election in the last century.

I don't know how true the assertion is.

[UPDATE (see below): Looks like it's not.]

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Eric deRuiter Feb 4

@zakalwe @amydiehl It wouldn’t backfire on Republicans.

2024 data: https://vividmaps.com/presidential-election-if-only-white-men-voted/

2018 data: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-if-only-men-voted-only-women-only-nonwhite-voters/

What If Only White Men Voted in the 2024 U.S. Election? - Vivid Maps

Examine what would have happened if only white men had cast ballots in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

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Fight Fascism #RESIST

@ridogi @zakalwe @amydiehl

This is why the #GOP attack higher ed.

“white men with college degrees are more likely to vote Democratic. One of the best indicators of voting behavior is educational attainment, and states with lower percentages of college graduates typically have more Republican voters.”