86% of the people who use an anti-Trump tool to call Congress are women

Cory Doctorow 11:26 am Mon Apr 3, 2017

Older women are racking up impressive numbers in the fight against Trumpims: 86% of the people using Daily Action to call Congress are women, the majority of whom are over 45.

The raw numbers: 86% of those who participated were female and 66% were over the age of 45 — with 72% of women saying they'd already taken part in a protest against the Trump administration and 77% saying that they were very likely to protest in the future.

Middle-aged women are leading the anti-Trump resistance

[Shane Savitsky/Axios]

(via Naked Capitalism)

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