California survey: Gender dividend could swing the election

With California’s June 5 primary only a few days away, a new poll by Stanford scholars shows that the gender and ideological profile of chosen candidates will be critical in determining which party will hold the majority of the U.S. House of Representatives in November.

The poll, administered by the survey research firm YouGov and designed in conjunction with Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center for the American West, found that a possible gender dividend could swing the election. CONT.

Melissa De Witte, Stanford U.