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Trump Camp Touts What-If-Only-Men-Voted Map As Evidence Of Momentum

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The Trump campaign sent a fundraising email Wednesday morning claiming that “all the momentum” was on their side — and they used what appears to be a map showing only male voters’ preferences to prove it.

The email from the Trump campaign, signed by Eric Trump, featured the following map, according to the Washington Post:

This looks startlingly similar to the polling website FiveThirtyEight’s projection of what would happen if only men could vote:

For fairness’ sake, here’s what FiveThirtyEight projected the race would look like if only women could vote:

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  1. Are we supposed to be surprised at their apparent ignorance of the 19th amendment? This map represents utopia to them.

  2. Lies like this help them fan the fires of “RIGGED!!” after the election.

  3. Yeah, well, asshats, women outnumber men. And we are going to elect one of our own.

  4. If only it were 1916, Trump could win this election.

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