WHEN SEX-BAITING BACKFIRES: “Democrats worked hard to turn out women, but the strategy helped motivate Republican women outraged about the emphasis on reproductive rights and so-called ‘women’s issues.’ Women gave Democrats a 5 percentage point edge Tuesday, not enough to offset Republicans’ 14 point advantage among men.”

Note how even this article downplays the Democrats’ dreadful gender gap with men. The trouble with a campaign that demonizes an entire gender is that eventually, that gender notices.