Grateful thanks to the women of America--and to Blue State men
by David Atkins
Buzzfeed has a fascinating look at what the 2012 electoral maps would have looked like at various stages of enfranchisement in the United States. Of particular note is the 1870-1920 map showing what it would have looked like if only men had been allowed to vote:
What's amazing is that even with the great gender gap exposed by this election, men in most coastal and New England blue states would still have supported the President.
Meanwhile, If it were solely up to white men, the President would only have received 37 electoral votes.
So thank you, women of America. And thank you to liberal men as well. What we know clearly now is that the biggest racists are also the biggest misogynists, and they're regionalized to the areas of the country that have always been the biggest headaches and the cause of our bloodiest war.
.