Majority of the white working class is women, and lately they have not been on the bandwagon with the rest of the working class. Trump hasn’t had the best reputation and relationship with women prior to and during this election. His misogynist behavior and comments have been the leading cause of Trump’s lack of support among white working class women. During the first debate between the two presidential candidates,
Clinton mentioned a number of instances where Trump degraded women by humiliating a teenage beauty queen and fat shaming Alicia Machado on FOX News. These instances don’t make Trump look good at all for most voters.
According to politico.com, “if you look at the white working class, Americans without a college degree, the majority, 53 percent, are women.” This rhetorically doesn’t make sense for Trump because he should be doing everything in his power to win over the votes of the working class women. During the third and final debate, Clinton interrupted Trump fewer than five times and Trump interrupted her more than 40 times. It’s clear that Trump feels a sense of superiority over women by constantly demeaning them. What’s also interesting about Trump is his refusal to talk about the sexual assault allegations against him from nine women. Instead of addressing the issue and engaging in a conversation about sexual assault and harassment, Trump said that he’d rather not talk about it. This was interesting because one would think that Trump would at least want to clear his name on the subject matter.
I just saw an article today of Clinton appearing with Machado in Florida, which is relevant to this post! With Trump really needing the women’s vote, every move of his recently has been interesting. I am surprised of some of his comments and his strategy for the many accusations against him. I feel as if he should be fighting for the women’s vote, especially knowing the statistic you pointed out (53%). The working class is not just interested in the wall, but explanations of his behavior! I wonder if Trump believes he doesn’t need the working class women’s vote and is just trying to get other support?