The men-only map, with its large swaths of red, shows Donald Trump winning the Oval Office by a landslide. The women-only map has Clinton dominating the real estate mogul.

The hashtag, which refers to repealing the constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote, appeared after FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver tweeted out two maps of what the election would look like if only men voted or if only women voted.

When #repealthe19th began trending on Twitter, women and women's rights supporters quickly mobilized, using their outrage to take over a hashtag that many deemed "scary" and "dangerous."


Trump supporters, suspected of starting the trend by Twitter users, claimed the hashtag was part of a smear campaign by Clinton supporters.

#RepealThe19th is a fake hashtag created by Hillary to scapegoat #deplorables — lintua (@lintua) October 13, 2016

But regardless of whether the idea of repeal was actually widely spread, women's rights advocates quickly coopted the hashtag.

Tweets featuring women mailing in votes soon started to appear alongside #repealthe19th and, oftentimes, the Clinton's campaign hashtag, #ImWithHer.

Wherever I am in the world - you can pry my vote from my cold, dead hands #repealthe19th #imwithher pic.twitter.com/sUof6jwFX2 — (((Remy Maisel))) (@remeanie) October 13, 2016

The hashtag comes after what's arguably been Trump's worst two weeks of the election and on the heels of a series of scandals involving women and the GOP nominee.

Starting with his poor performance at the first debate, extending to the Access Hollywood tape where Trump made lewd remarks about women, and continuing on to his second debate — the Trump campaign has seen a drop in support from both his party and voters.

On Wednesday, four women, including a People magazine reporter, spoke out against Trump, claiming that he had sexually assaulted them in the past.

The Trump campaign denied the sexual assault allegations.

Recent polls show Trump trailing Clinton by five points, according to The New York Times. The latest PRRI/the Atlantic poll shows Clinton holding a double-digit lead over Trump among women voters by 33 points.


Oddly enough, Trump's son Eric used the men-only graphic in a fund-raising e-mail sent to Trump supporters Wednesday morning.

In an e-mail titled, "Momentum," the younger Trump stated that his father's campaign is making "huge gains," according to the Washington Post.

Twitter users quickly slammed the presidential nominee's son for using the misleading graphic, with some even turning it into meme fodder.

An e-mail to the Trump campaign asking for a comment on both the hashtag and Eric Trump's e-mail was not immediately returned.

View more tweets below:

Lucky? Women died for this right. Beaten in the street, abused by governments. Gave? We clawed it out of your reluctant hands #Repealthe19th — Meg Kneafsey (@MegKneafsey) October 13, 2016

How women react to #RepealThe19th while on the way to the early voting this month.



More early voting info here: https://t.co/VD1zleHhJo pic.twitter.com/cPpmiiRXmb — Christine Lu (@christinelu) October 13, 2016

"#Repealthe19th! But don't you even THINK about the 2nd! - @realDonaldTrump supporters right now.



...what? — Jim Barron (@JimJamesBarron) October 13, 2016

In response to a study showing Trump would win if only men voted, some of his backers are tweeting #RepealThe19th. DEPLORABLE. #WomenSaveUs — George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 12, 2016

This #repealthe19th trend is just another example of how dangerous it is to be a woman in a Donald Trump world. — Leah Constantine (@dumbcurator) October 12, 2016

Cover your ears folks. That sound of the last glass ceiling breaking will be loud. The whole world will celebrate. #RepealThe19th? Not. pic.twitter.com/ML7VrygW14 — Laurel Davila, CPA (@laureldavilacpa) October 13, 2016

Aimee Ortiz can be reached at aimee.ortiz@globe.com. Follow her on twitter @aimee_ortiz.