After The Election: What I'd Like To Know
/I doubt we will get much reliable data on how disabled people actually voted this year, but I would still like to know ...
Did the percentage of eligible voters with disabilities who actually voted go up, down, or stay about the same?
If only voters with disabilities had voted, who would have won?
How many voters with disabilities consider disability issues when they vote? How much do their disability experiences affect their votes, compared to all other influences?
Are there any "deal breaker" issues that cause disabled people to override their personal politics and change who they vote for?
Is there a correlation between how disabled people think about their disabilities and how they vote? Do disabled people who see their disabilities as a medical problem vote differently than those who view disability as a social issue or identity?
My guess:
Disabled people who are involved in disability culture and activism probably voted mostly for Clinton, some for other candidates, relatively few for Trump.
And ...
Disabled people who aren't involved in disability culture and activism, or who don't regard disability as an important part of their identity, probably voted about the same as any random sample of voters in their particular region of the U.S., with disability having no effect, or very little.
So ...
A lot probably depends on what percentages of the total disabled population are and aren't "activists," or whatever we want to call the disability version of "woke." Is that a lot of us, or would we be shocked to know how few?