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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump makes his way off stage after a rally at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Fla. on Oct. 12.

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A new analysis by Nate Silver over at Five Thirty Eight shows that if only women cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton would dominate at the polls with a commanding 458 electoral votes over Donald Trump's 80.

If only men voted, Trump would take 350 to Clinton's 188.

And thus, some of the Republican nominee's most ardent supporters began tweeting about repealing the 19th Amendment of the Constitution, which in 1920 gave women the right to vote.

By mid-afternoon Wednesday, the hashtag #Repealthe19th had become equal parts earnest wish on behalf of the Trump faithful and a a series of tweets lampooning the GOP standard-bearer's supporters.

The United States of Women vs. The United States of Menhttps://t.co/F455bP3D8I pic.twitter.com/qjr6zLh640 — 538 politics (@538politics) October 12, 2016

I would be willing to give up my right to vote to make this happen #repealthe19th https://t.co/vndQu9dKFP — OUR PRESIDENT TRUMP (@PrayHealourland) October 12, 2016

Only a weak man needs a weak woman. #repealthe19th — Fearless Freep (@Ndjjjh78) October 12, 2016

#repealthe19th This is why the only group that trump leads in the polls is uneducated white men. — NoleGirl ☮️🌎 (@HMecko) October 12, 2016

Me when I see that #RepealThe19th is a thing. pic.twitter.com/OQdqoB9KVN — Meghan Cusick Olson (@mcusick13) October 12, 2016

Trump's most dedicated supporters, as polls have shown, are white men without a college degree. In 2012, whites with college degrees overwhelmingly supported Mitt Romney's presidential bid. This year, they moved to the left by 23 points in September alone.

The GOP standard-bearer has an incredibly tough time courting many other demographics, a fact often attributed to the fact that he consistently insults or demeans women and minorities.

Recently released video from 2005 where Trump is heard boasting about how his celebrity status let him "do anything" to women has also affected his campaign. The Atlantic reports that a poll conducted by PRRI and itself has Clinton leading the GOP nominee by 11 points.

A Marquette University Law School poll also shows Wisconsin voters moving toward Clinton -- she leads Trump by seven points in that survey.

Of course, the ultimate irony here is that in order to repeal the 19th Amendment, two-thirds of both the House of Representatives and the Senate would need to ratify a new amendment getting rid of it.

And approximately 20 percent of Congress is women.

--Eder Campuzano

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