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« on: February 10, 2009, 12:45:05 AM »

The Nineteenth Amendment, extending the right to vote to women, was ratified into law on August 18, 1920.

Silly I know, but let's just say that the Nineteenth Amendment had never become law.

In this case, who would have won the Presidential elections since 1960?

1960 Kennedy/Nixon
1964 Johnson/Goldwater
1968 Nixon/Humphrey/Wallace
1972 Nixon/McGovern
1976 Carter/Ford
1980 Reagan/Carter/Anderson
1984 Reagan/Mondale
1988 Bush/Dukakis
1992 Clinton/Bush
1996 Clinton/Dole
2000 Bush/Gore
2004 Bush/Kerry
2008 Obama/McCain

Please discuss.
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« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2009, 12:50:52 AM »

While the gender gap has increased over the years, in no election has it been so large as to deny the Democrats a victory they would have otherwise achieved had only men voted--although recent Republican victories would have been larger and recent Democratic victories smaller.

Although Sarah Palin and Geraldine Ferraro would not have been eligible for the Vice Presidency, which would change their elections.
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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2009, 02:14:41 PM »

While the gender gap has increased over the years, in no election has it been so large as to deny the Democrats a victory they would have otherwise achieved had only men voted--although recent Republican victories would have been larger and recent Democratic victories smaller.

Although Sarah Palin and Geraldine Ferraro would not have been eligible for the Vice Presidency, which would change their elections.

Nobody could have rescued the failed Mondale candidacy in 1984. Palin looked like a stroke of genius for a couple of days, only to become a cause of regret within a week or two. I have no idea of who could have salvaged the McCain candidacy in 2008.
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« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2009, 01:17:02 AM »

Although Sarah Palin and Geraldine Ferraro would not have been eligible for the Vice Presidency, which would change their elections.

Don't make that mistake. The Constitution would only say that women can't vote. It doesn't say they can't run for public office. While of course, the butterfly effect would take control, a woman in say, Wyoming where women were allowed to vote, could possibly campaign for the Vice Presidency and win. Possible. Not necessarily probable in a world where women couldn't vote in states like Alabama, Texas, or Arkansas, but possible.
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« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2009, 05:17:41 AM »

1960 Nixon
1964 Johnson
1968 Nixon
1972 Nixon
1976 Ford
1980 Reagan
1984 Reagan
1988 Bush
1992 Clinton
1996 Clinton
2000 Bush
2004 Bush
2008 Obama

Not great changes, but too close democratic victories would become republican wins.
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