Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are in a heated race for the White House. For a while Hillary had a clear lead, then Trump caught up, and now Hillary is gaining again. If the race was decided by gender, though, there would be no drama — the election would be a blow-out.
Here's what would happen if only women could vote.
Here's what the map would look line if only women voted: https://t.co/sjVY67qouEpic.twitter.com/rrc3GuXmGl
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 11, 2016
Here's what would happen if only men could vote.
And here's if just dudes voted. pic.twitter.com/HjqJzIVwc4
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 11, 2016
The electoral map won't look like either of the above examples, because the US does not disenfranchise people based on their gender anymore.
Soon after these maps came out, Twitter erupted with #RepealThe19th, with people actually making that assertion. The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote after more than a century of disenfranchisement. One man wrote, "If women are the only thing stopping the Greatest President this country has ever seen- why not #RepealThe19th?”
I would be willing to give up my right to vote to make this happen #repealthe19thhttps://t.co/vndQu9dKFP
— CT Christian 4 Trump (@TracyOgrodnik) October 12, 2016
But then the air was quickly taken out of this absurdly sexist idea.
Why is #RepealThe19th a thing? Apparently weak men can't handle empowered women. pic.twitter.com/Bzc2sFjqwq
— Arisha Ali (@ali_arisha) October 12, 2016
Sooooo #Repealthe19th is a thing that is trending. Damn. Men are SO emotional. It's amazing we let them do anything. #FragileMasculinity
— NicHOLTZ (@NoisyAstronomer) October 13, 2016