I agree that the coin-flip analogy is not ^exactly^ how the swing states should have been modeled. [Coin-flipping entails a binomial distribution, by the way, not a uniform distribution (smile!); I know that.]

But I did use that analogy in an apparently lame attempt to make the point that for the incumbent to have prevailed by a hair in virtually ALL the swing states struck me as very unexpected, and possibly suspect.

I still think it’s possibly suspect, but as I wrote to neo, I do ^not^ insist that the election was lost due to fraud — but I do maintain that there has been fraud involved, and it needs to be rooted out, lest sweeping it under the rug emboldens the bad guys to do it more.

I do think it’s time to move on to today’s posts, but I did want to respond to Ira and Zachriel (and neo); thanks, folks, for keeping me honest!

There are more women than men in the United States. 51 percent of the population are female.

A larger percentage of women are registered to vote than are men. Among eligible voters, 73 percent of women are registered voters, 69 percent of men registered.

More women voted in 2012 than men did, both as a straight number and as a percentage of eligible voters. Nationally, 53 percent of the voters were female and 47 percent of the voters were male.

Mothers vastly outnumber fathers in the United States. The US Census Bureau tells us approximately 85.4 million Americans are mothers and 70.1 million are fathers. This number includes adults whose children are grown and no longer living at home.

The majority of women voters are mothers. By age 44, 81 percent of women are mothers.

Mothers with kids under 18 at home voted overwhelmingly for Obama. According to the exit polls, 56 percent of mothers voted for Obama while only 43 percent of them voted for Romney. That’s a 13 point gap between candidates.

Single women represented the single largest voting bloc for Obama, at 23 percent of the voters, and over two-thirds of them voted for Obama. That means more than 18 million single women voted for Obama, which is a larger identifiable group than the 14.3 million African-Americans who voted for him.

Currently about 10 million women are single mothers caring for children younger than 18 in their homes.

Single mothers have become synonymous with poverty in the United States. According to The Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund, “people in single mother families had a poverty rate of 42.2% and an extreme poverty rate of 21.6%. Poverty means an income less than the official poverty standard, $14,570 for a family of two in 2010. Extreme poverty means an income less than half the poverty standard.”

http://www.examiner.com/article/how-the-single-mother-factor-was-responsible-for-obama-s-win-1

Every vote counts: Woman blames husband for Obama win, runs him over with car

http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/13/every-vote-counts-woman-blames-husband-for-obama-win-runs-him-over-with-car/

The Democratic Party, and the left generally, have done a magnificent job in identifying conservative values as white male values. One reason for their success is that they dominate virtually every lever of influence — the high schools and universities, television, newspapers, movies, pop culture and everything else except talk radio. Another is that they really believe that conservative values are nothing more than white male — especially aging white male — values. Remember, leftism has its own trinity — the prism through which it perceives the world — race, gender and class. In this case the race is white; the gender is male; and the class is rich.

As a result of this identification, there is no debate over whether the minorities’ (and single women’s) values are correct or whether the values of the white males are correct.

The left has successfully forestalled any such national discussion by simply reducing conservative values to the dying fulminations of a former ruling class.

Colorado
70.0 non Latino white
20.7 Latino
4 black
2.8 Asian
5 other

since NONE of the minority groups have the vote on their own, they need X amount of non latino white women voting against their traditional mates to receive perks with their people in shared oppression by the one group.

without them voting and canceling out the other largest group, obama could not win.

Florida
57.9 non Latino white
22.5 Latino
16.0 black
5 other

again… without the women canceling the votes of their traditional mates, the voting totals could not vote in affirmative action, freebies, welfare, and on and on and on it goes (As each group can participate in receiving, but only one group cant)

there was only ONE group that had to be appealed to to change the outcome of the election that might be receptive under the idea that whither their mates go, they go.

Ohio
81.1 non Latino white
3.1 Latino
12.2 black
5 other

the effect is CLEAR to see in Ohio…
20% can never win without how many others canceling out the votes?

Va.
64.8 non Latino white
7.9 Latino
19.4 black
5.5 Asian
4 other

add it up… only one group had the deciding vote.

I said if you attacked feminism and got the young women to side against it, they would then vote with their traditional mates, not cancel out a la Hegel, and the election results would be what?

but no… its not them..

however, you don’t take the View seriously..
but Obama and Michelle did… and that is a conduit to feminist women who dont work (and ones that do with a DVR)

anyone read Ms. Magazine: Obama Super-Feminist Cover? from the year before?

anyone bother to read what they were giving the YOUNG girls? nope…

did any of you bother to read the pamplets given out to them, and to others? in which the language over focuses on scapegoats (ignoring groups that out perform the designated thing)

at what point are you all going to realize that they just overthrew the ‘patriarchy’ of western civ?

young women outnumber older women
(so older women are out of touch)

so many here didnt want to spend time over at pandagon, and other feminist sites, and then look over at the mens sites, and on and on.

they did not look to the fact that the demographic here is overwhelmingly slanted and so has no conduit to know whats going on (nor do they care enough to look, or believe when they are told. surprise is really the only outcome)

go ahead… the demographic dance was done in each of the swing states, and without that one group of feminist women… (regardless of others who don’t exist in numbers large enough to matter, nor take any action of any note, other than to be like peter and deny three times before every cock crows)

you cant break a 70+ percent majority without complicity

you see… you OLDER Women did not HAVE to attend a womens studies course… have you?

but from grade school on up, thats what these kids and women get… so its absolutely no suprise that older women would not have an idea of what the younger people are being taught and what drives them.

Women’s studies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_studies

Feminist activism not only focuses on women’s issues but has spread throughout many other movements including (but not limited to) environmental issues, body politics, feminist art, identity issues, reproductive rights, gender issues, animal rights, homosexual rights, and ethnic minority rights. These forms of activism can include letter writing, boycotting, protesting, the visual arts, bodily demonstrations, education, and leafleting. In current feminism, the focus has shifted to encompass an outlook and desire for equality for all–identifying oppressive systems and forces around the world that affect all types of beings. Feminist activism explores the intersections of social, political, and cultural histories (among various others denominators), their implications, and dedicates time and energy to the liberation of all people from injustices

Simply studying or being a student of women’s studies can be seen as activism in it of itself. Therefore, for most students of women’s studies, an activism status is already engaged. To foster the growth of the study body, one of the key aspects of women’s studies classes and programs is to connect the classroom to social change. Women’s studies classes and programs focus on power structures, oppression, inequality, and social suffering. Students are encouraged to bridge their learning and community involvement and take action in the world to foster positive social transformation. Students and feminist activists not only learn about oppression in society but also look at the possibility for a global unity in difference.

and where is the counter message?

Women’s Studies Programs, Departments, & Research Centers

Adelphi University (NY) – Gender Studies Program
Agnes Scott College (GA) – Women’s Studies Program
Albion College (MI) – Women’s and Gender Studies
Albright College (PA) – Women’s and Gender Studies
Alfred University (NY) – Women’s Studies Program
Allegheny College (PA) – Women’s Studies Program
Alma College (MI) – Women’s and Gender Studies
American University (DC) – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
American University (DC) – Washington College of Law
LL.M. degree with a specialization in Gender and the Law; Program on Gender, Work, and Family.
Amherst College (MA) – Department of Women’s & Gender Studies
Anne Arundel Community College (MD) – Gender and Sexuality Studies
Appalachian State University (NC) – Women’s Studies Program
Aquinas College (MI) – Women’s Studies Center
Arizona State University – Women and Gender Studies Program
Ph.D. in Gender Studies
Arizona State University, New College – Women and Gender Studies Program
Auburn University (AL) – Women’s Studies Program
Augsburg College (MN) – Women’s Studies
Augusta State University (GA) – Women’s Studies
Augustana College (IL) – Women’s and Gender Studies
Augustana College (SD) – Gender Studies Minor
Austin College (TX) – Gender Studies
Austin Peay State University (TN) – Women’s and Gender Studies

Ball State University (IN) – Women’s and Gender Studies
Barnard College (NY) – Department of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Bates College (ME) – Women’s and Gender Studies
Bellevue University (NE) – Women’s Studies Minor
Beloit College (WI) – Women’s and Gender Studies
Bemidji State University (MN) – Women’s Studies
Bennett College for Women (NC) – Africana Women’s Studies
Bentley College (MA) – Gender Studies Minor
Berea College (KY) – Women’s & Gender Studies Program
Berkeley City College (CA) – Women’s Studies Certificate
Berry College (GA) – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Bloomfield College (NJ) – Women’s Studies
Bluegrass Community & Technical College (KY) – Women’s & Gender Studies
Bluffton University (OH) – Women’s Studies
Boise State University (ID) – Gender Studies Program
Boston College (MA) – Women’s and Gender Studies
Boston University (MA) – Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program
Bowdoin College (ME) – Gender and Women’s Studies
Bowling Green State University (OH) – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies
Bradley University (IL) – Women’s Studies Program
Brandeis University (MA) – Women’s and Gender Studies
Joint M.A. with ten different Ph.D programs and a joint M.A. in five M.A. programs
Brandeis University (MA) – Women’s Studies Research Center
Brandeis University (MA) – Hadassah International Research Institute on Jewish Women
Brescia University (KY) – Contemporary Woman Program
Bridgewater State College (MA) – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Brigham Young University (UT) – Women’s Studies
Brooklyn College (NY) – Women’s Studies
Brown University (RI) – Gender & Sexuality Studies
Bryn Mawr College (PA) – Gender and Sexuality Studies
Bucknell University (PA) – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Buena Vista University (IA) – Gender and Women’s Studies

Cabrillo College (CA) – Women’s Studies
Caldwell College (NJ) – Department of Women’s Studies
California Institute of Integral Studies
M.A. and Ph.D. in Women’s Spirituality (Philosophy and Religion)
California Lutheran University – Gender and Women’s Studies Minor
California Polytechnic State University – Women’s and Gender Studies Department
California State University, Bakersfield – Women and Gender Studies
California State University, Chico – Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies
California State University, Dominguez Hills – Women’s Studies Program
California State University, East Bay – Women’s Studies Program
California State University, Fresno – Women’s Studies Program
California State University, Fullerton – Women & Gender Studies and Queer Studies
California State University, Long Beach – Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies
California State University, Northridge – Gender & Women’s Studies
California State University, Sacramento – Women’s Studies Program
California State University, San Marcos – Women’s Studies Program
California State University, Stanislaus – Gender Studies
California University of Pennsylvania (PA) – Women’s Studies Program
Calvin College (MI) – Gender Studies
Canisius College (NY) – Women’s Studies
Cardinal Stritch University (MN) – Women’s Studies
Carleton College (MN) – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Carlow University (PA) – Women’s Studies
Carthage College (WI) – Women and Gender Studies
Case Western Reserve University (OH) – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Casper College (WY) – Gender Studies
Castleton State College (VT) – Women’s and Gender Studies
Cedar Crest College (PA) – Gender Studies
Centre College (KY) – Gender Studies
Central Connecticut State University – Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Central Michigan University – Women and Gender Studies Program
Central Washington University – Women’s and Gender Studies
Century College (MN) – Women and Gender Studies
Cerritos College (CA) – Department of Women’s Studies
Chaminade University (HI) – Gender Studies
Chatham College (PA) – Women’s Studies
City College of New York – Women’s Studies Program
City University of New York – Graduate Certificate Program in Women’s Studies
Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies
City College of San Francisco (CA) – Department of Women’s Studies
Claremont Colleges (CA) – Intercollegiate Women’s Studies Program
Claremont Graduate University (CA) – Applied Women’s Studies
Masters in Applied Women’s Studies
Claremont Graduate University (CA) – Women’s Studies in Religion
M.A. and Ph. D. in Women’s Studies in Religion
Clarion University of Pennsylvania – Women and Gender Studies
Clark Atlanta University (GA) – Africana Women’s Studies
M.A. and D.A. in the Humanities with concentration on Africana Women’s Studies
Clark College (WA) – Women’s Studies
Clark University (MA) – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Clemson University (SC) – Women’s Studies
Cleveland State University (OH) – Women’s Studies
Coe College (IA) – Gender Studies Program
Colby College (ME) – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Colgate University (NY) – Women’s Studies Program
College of Charleston (SC) – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
College of Mount St. Joseph (OH) – Women’s Studies Program
College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College) – Women’s and Gender Studies
College of New Rochelle (NY) – Women’s Studies
College of Notre Dame of Maryland – Women’s Studies
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University (MN) – Gender and Women’s Studies
College of St. Catherine (MN) – Women’s Studies
College of St. Elizabeth (NJ) – Women’s Studies
College of St. Rose (NY) – Women’s and Gender Studies
College of St. Scholastica (MN) – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
College of Southern Nevada – Women’s Studies Program
College of Staten Island, CUNY (NY) – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
College of the Holy Cross (MA) – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
College of William and Mary (VA) – Women’s Studies
College of Wooster (OH) – Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Colorado College (CO) – Feminist and Gender Studies
Colorado State University, Fort Collins – Center for Women’s Stueis and Gender Research
Colorado State University-Pueblo – Women’s Studies Program
Columbia College Chicago (IL) – Institute for the Study of Women & Gender in the Arts and Media
Columbia University (NY) – Institute for Research on Women and Gender
Certificate in Feminist Scholarship
Community College of Allegheny County (PA) – Women’s Studies
Community College of Baltimore County (MD) – Women’s Studies
Concordia University Chicago (IL) – Women’s and Gender Studies
Connecticut College – Program in Gender and Women’s Studies
Consumnes River College (CA) – Interdisciplinary Studies: Women’s Studies
Cornell College (IA) – Women’s Studies Program
Cornell University (NY) – Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Curry College (MA) – Women and Gender Studies
Dartmouth College (NH) – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Davidson College (NC) – Gender Studies Concentration
De Anza College (CA) – Women’s Studies Department
Denison University (OH) – Women’s Studies Program
DePaul University (IL) – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
M.A. in Women’s and Gender Studies; Graduate Level Concentration in Women’s Studies through an M.A. in Liberal Studies and an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies
DePauw University (IN) – Women’s Studies Department
Dickinson College (PA) – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Dominican University (IL) – Women and Gender Studies
Dominican University of California (CA) – Women and Gender Studies
Drake University (IA) – Women’s Studies Department
Drew University (NJ) – Women’s and Gender Studies
Drexel University (PA) – Academic Program in Women’s Studies
Duke University (NC) – Women’s Studies Program
Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies; must get M.A. or Ph.D in another department plus graduate certificate in Women’s Studies
Duquesne University (PA) – Center for Women’s and Gender Studies
Graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies
Earlham College (IN) – Women’s, Gender, Sexuality Studies
East Carolina University (NC) – Women’s Studies Program
East Stroudsburg University (PA) – Women’s Studies
East Tennessee State University – Women’s Studies Program
Eastern Connecticut State University – Women’s Studies Minor
Eastern Illinois University – Women’s Studies
Eastern Kentucky University – Women and Gender Studies Program
Eastern Michigan University – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Master of Liberal Studies in Women’s and Gender Studies
Eastern New Mexico University – Women’s Studies Program
Eastern Oregon University – Gender Studies
Eastern Washington University – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Eckerd College (FLA) – Women’s and Gender Studies
Edgewood College (WI) – Women’s and Gender Studies Minor
Elmira College (NY) – Women’s Studies Minor
Elon College (NC) – Women’s/Gender Studies Program
Emmanuel College (MA) – Gender and Women’s Studies
Emory University (GA) – Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Ph.D in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Emporia State University (KS) – Ethnic and Gender Studies

Fairfield University (CT) – Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Fairleigh Dickinson University (NJ) – Women’s Studies Minor
Five College Women’s Studies Research Center
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton – Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
M.A. in Women’s Studies
Florida International University – Women’s Studies Center
Florida State University – Women’s Studies Program
Women’s Studies minor available for M.A. and Ph.D. students
Folsom Lake College (CA) – Interdisciplinary Studies: Women’s Studies
Foothill College (CA) – Women’s Studies
Fordham University (NY) – Women’s Studies Program
Fort Lewis College (CO) – Gender and Women’s Studies
Franklin & Marshall College (PA) – Women’s and Gender Studies
Franklin Pierce University (NH) – Women in Leadership Certificate [~WGS Program]
Fresno City College (CA) – Women’s Studies
Frostburg State University (MD) – Women’s Studies Program
Furman University (SC) – Women’s and Gender Studies
George Mason University (VA) – Women and Gender Studies Program
M.A.I.S. with concentration in Women and Gender Studies
Georgetown College (KY) – Women’s Studies
Georgetown University (DC) – Women’s and Gender Studies Program
George Washington University (DC) – Women’s Studies Program
M.A. in Women’s Studies and Women’s Studies and Public Policy, Ph.D Concentration in Gender and Social Policy or Women’s Studies, Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies; 4 joint degree programs involving Law (J. D. or LL.M.) and an M.A. in Women’s Studies or in Public Policy with a concentration in Women’s Studies.
Georgia College & State University – Women’s Studies Minor
Georgian Court University (NJ) – Women’s Studies
Georgia State University – Women’s Studies Institute
Graduate Certificate and M.A. in Women’s Studies
Georgia Tech (GA) – Center for the Study of Women, Science & Technology
Gettysburg College (PA) – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Gonzaga University (WA) – Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Goshen College (IN) – Women’s Studies Department
Goucher College (MD) – Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies (MA) – 9 institutions
Grand Rapids Community College (MI) – Gender Studies
Grand Valley State University (MI) – Women and Gender Studies Program
Greenfield Community College (MA) – Gender and Women’s Studies
Greensboro College (NC) – Women’s and Gender Studies
Grinnell College (IA) – Gender and Women’s Studies Concentration
Guilford College (NC) – Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) – Women’s Studies

Hamilton College (NY) – Women’s Studies
Hamline University (MN) – Women’s Studies Program
Hampshire College (MA) – Feminist Studies Program
Hartford College for Women (CT) – Women’s Studies Program
Hartwick College (NY) – Women’s & Gender Studies Minor
Harvard University (MA) – Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Graduate Secondary Field in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Haverford College (PA) – Gender and Sexuality Studies
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY) – Women’s Studies
Hofstra University (NY) – Women’s Studies
Hollins University (VA) – Gender and Women’s Studies
Hood College (MD) – Women’s Studies Minor
Hope College (MI) – Women’s Studies
Howard University (DC) – Graduate Program in Women’s Studies
Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies
Humboldt State University (CA) – Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Hunter College, CUNY (NY) – Women and Gender Studies

thats only up to H..
and the list isnt even complete.

now… where did anyone here realize and then get to those students and teach them? note that a lot of those courses are required, and if you dont agree, you fail…

think that maybe…
just maybe…
not knowing whats out there and going on tht one wont imagine it, account for it, and then assess in terms of it?

and look where all of them go to work
Career Opportunities
for Women’s Studies Majors
https://www.msu.edu/~wmstdy/wsmjr1.htm

Teaching English as a Second Language with Master’s Degree in ESL from Hunter College.
Counselor at Ulster County Mental Health teaches courses in the Women’s Studies Program and the Humanistic Education Program. She received her Master’s in Professional Studies from SUNY at New Paltz.
Librarian.
Program advising at Mesa Community College.
Teaching English, Jackson Community College.
High school teaching.
Director of graduate education at a Westchester Medical Center, NY.
Program assistant for the New Paltz Women’s Studies Program. .

think that might influence kids?

Except winning is not a random variable with a uniform probability distribution Rather, most polls showed Obama with a lead in most swing states for several weeks running before the election. Statistical analysis of polls gave Obama a 90% chance of winning enough electoral votes to win reelection.

Not at all. The financial meltdown occurred before Obama took office, and the economy was losing nearly a millions jobs a month when he took office.
http://p.twimg.com/A4eTqQXCUAEr9Cr.jpg

Polls show that more voters blame Bush for the U.S. economic problems.

neo-neocon: Ace doesn’t take the conversation one step further, which is to ask whether this was an unintended positive consequence for Obama of the bad economy despite his having tried his best to fix it, or whether part of the reason he really didn’t try very hard to fix the economy was because his agenda relies on keeping more and more of the populace hurting and dependent on leftist government.

Reelection and economic performance are closely related, so thinking the president would purposefully crash the economy just doesn’t make sense. In any case, much of the increased dependence is due to the financial meltdown at the end of the Bush Administration.

The U.S. has ample resources to meet its challenges, and most countries would love to have America’s problems.