Knowledge is power only for the wise
Carter G. Woodson did not intend for his education pronouncements to be simply for history teachers, annual celebrations, or bromides for bumper stickers; but, rather, for his words to be converted into Perseverant Action Steps (PAS) as necessary for “ALL” Americans to achieve the equality the founders asserted as “self-evident truths.”
What might have been termed micro-victories, considered irrelevant, or even ignored as late as 2007 when Trump became the clear leader for White Supremacists, are macro-victories today, given the power Trumpists have secured over governmental operations, over the four components of government, and over the media, as well as the unmitigated effect of Stochastic Terrorism.
If the majority knew of the root of this evil, then the road to its cure would not be long.
Albert Einstein
AMERICA’S WOMEN
If women achieve equal status with men, e.g., personal rights and political equality, women’s impact on national advancement would immediately become significant, and America and the world would be much better. (From Socrates).
Women are America’s most squandered resource – misogyny and heteropatriarchy prevail.
Adult American women outnumber adult men and are more inclined toward Democratic Principles. Women are better educated than men and dominate significantly in the education pipeline, in GPAs and graduation rates, from K-12 through graduate and professional programs.
Hillary Clinton beat Trump in 2016 by over 3 million popular votes despite the preponderant effect of misogynism.
Hillary Clinton beat Trump among all college educated voters – 57% to 36%; among whites – 55% to 38%; and among non-whites – 68% to 26%.
Hillary Clinton did better against Trump than Kamala Harris did because Clinton had only one of the top two political obstacles – gender, while Kamala had both – gender and race.
Nevertheless, Kamala Harris roundly trounced Trump in Virginia in popular votes; overall percentage – 51.83% to 46.05%; and the Electoral College – 13 to 0. This outcome was a result of a 71% turnout rate as compared with the national rate of 63.9%, where she lost.
Like Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris crushed Trump among well-educated voters: All College Graduates – 51% to 46%; Post Graduate 65% to 33%; College Graduate+ 57% to 41%; White College Graduates — 55% to 43%; Hispanic College Graduates 56% to 42%.
TRUMPISM
A mere 112,000 votes, 0.03% of the US population, swung the election to Trump in 2016 because of the Electoral College. The founders had labeled the Electoral College an impediment to Full Democracy, as the most dangerous blot on our constitution, and instructed future leaders to rectify it with a Constitutional Amendment. Their successors did not attend to this issue.
The coup d’etat attempt Trump fomented on January 6, 2021, failed, but he has essentially effectuated his Fascist objectives through means other than a coup.
Trump has been smarter and more effective in using the instruments of government – which were available to all of the presidents who preceded him — in pursuit of his Fascist objectives. Between January 20, 2025, and March 26, 2026, Trump signed 252 executive orders, 59 memoranda, and 135 proclamations. On the first day of his second term, Trump granted blanket clemency to nearly 1,600 insurrectionists, convicted of or awaiting trial or sentencing for the coup d’etat attempt he fostered on January 6, 2021.
Trump won in 2016 not because 63 million citizens voted for him, but, rather, because nearly half of eligible voters, 110 million, did not vote at all.
Trump lost in 2020 not because of the alleged steal, but, rather, because more Americans, 17.1 million, showed up at the polling places in 2020 than they did in 2016 — the largest increase between consecutive presidential elections on record. Trump gained more than 11 million votes in 2020 over 2016, but still lost.
Low Turnout rates favor Republicans.
Trump won in 2024 because the turnout rate dropped from the 2020 rate of 66.6% to 63.9%; 111 million eligible voters self-disenfranchised, including over 12 million Blacks.
Nearly 190 million voter eligible citizens — voters for Harris, voters for other candidates and self-disenfranchisers — did not choose Trump in 2024.
November 4, 2025, was the first major electoral test of the second Trump administration: Fourteen women were elected to governors’ offices, 10 of whom were democrats; Democrats swept the major races in Virginia, New Jersey and New York City; and voters in California approved a new congressional map that could help Democrats win five more House seats next year.
These results are sustainable and expandable nationally if we reduce the numerical power of two components of Trump’s Evil Quadrangle, the US House and the US Senate, on November 3, 2026, with a massive voter turnout. Since high turnout rates favor Democrats, the predictable outcome from a high turnout will foster a complete Trumpists eviction on November 7, 2028.
