A Few Photos for Anyone Asking: How Could Women Still Support Him?

Election ’16 was already historic for its divisiveness. Now, with all the charges of untoward advances and sexual assault piling up against Donald Trump, it’s seems this campaign is badly in need of psychologists and sociologists. What’s especially hard to fathom, as much as the photographers are generating material like crazy, is the gap between women who are horrified and even viscerally sickened by Trump and those who can’t seem to get enough of him. Here are just a few recent images to try and square.

TRUMP-WEST PALM BEACH, FL-October 13, 2016: “These vicious claims about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false,” #donaldtrump #hillaryclinton #politics #campaign2016 #theweightofthepurplerobe

A photo posted by Stephen Crowley (@crowleygraph) on Oct 13, 2016 at 12:37pm PDT

Nancy Santaniello, of Lancaster, Pa., looks on as #Republican #presidential #candidate #Donald #Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Scranton, Pa.

A photo posted by Evan Vucci (@evanvucci) on Jul 27, 2016 at 2:32pm PDT

Supporters of #Republican #presidential #candidate #Donald #Trump wait for his arrival to a campaign rally in Miami.

A photo posted by Evan Vucci (@evanvucci) on Sep 16, 2016 at 5:00pm PDT

Brooklyn book exchange. #brooklyn #streetphotography #election2016

A photo posted by Todd Heisler (@heislerphoto) on Oct 11, 2016 at 7:01am PDT

Waiting for Trump (Panama City, FL). Holly Bailey/Instagram[/caption]

Waiting for Trump (Ocala, FL). Holly Bailey/Instagram

Waiting for Trump (Cincinnati, OH). Holly Bailey/Instagram

Demonstrators yell as they show their shirts reading “Bill Clinton Rapist” while US President Barack Obama speaks at a Hillary for America campaign event. #obama #whitehouse #hillaryforamerica #hillaryclinton #protest #billclinton #afponassignment

A photo posted by Jim Watson (@jimwatsonafp) on Oct 11, 2016 at 5:36pm PDT

Tracy McCullough, of Dundalk, Md. hugs #Republican #presidential #candidate #Donald #Trump during a visit to the Boulevard Diner in Dundalk, Md.

A photo posted by Evan Vucci (@evanvucci) on Sep 12, 2016 at 11:22am PDT

Donald Trump and his daughter, Ivanka, at a campaign event in September.
Damon Winter / THE NEW YORK TIMES