If you are so unfortunate as to be on social media, you might have noticed that the alt-right is furious with women in the aftermath of the 2025 elections. The X algorithm’s favorite cesspools are riddled with anonymous accounts calling for “repealing the 19th Amendment” (women’s suffrage) and uttering 280-character imprecations against the “longhouse” (its term for matriarchal forces it blames for its involuntary celibacy).

For all the bluster, the alt-right is not wrong about a looming problem for Republican office seekers. According to NBC’s exit polls, 81% of women voted for New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, 80% for Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), and 78% for Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D-VA). In 2024, former Vice President Kamala Harris won 53% of female voters.