… For months now, voters have told reporters that they want to elect a woman — but after Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016, they simply can’t imagine a woman winning against Trump. And this calculus is often justified by beliefs about other people’s sexism — an Ipsos/Daily Beast poll in […] Read more »
Moon landing is still a source of pride
Apollo 11’s mission still inspires optimism: eight in ten Americans say it represents the kind of achievement the U.S. is likely to achieve again someday. For many, it still towers over other events that have come in the ensuing fifty years. Most over age 65, and a plurality of all […] Read more »
New polling shows how much sexism is hurting the Democratic women running for president
… We wanted to know whether attitudes that can be measured as “sexist” — meaning beliefs that women are less capable than men and overly sensitive to slights — are influencing Democratic voters’ choice about whether to support a female candidate in the 2020 Democratic primaries. For instance, when Democrats […] Read more »
What Attributes Do Democratic Primary Voters Value?
If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve been following the Democratic primary far more closely than most of the country—and even most of the people who will eventually vote in the primary. With still over two hundred days until the Iowa caucuses, most voters have not decided who they will […] Read more »
Warren and Harris Rise in Democratic Primary, Challenging Male Front-Runners
When Beth Krerowicz began reviewing the platoon of Democratic presidential candidates, her first instinct was to back Joseph R. Biden Jr., whom she saw as the strongest opponent to President Trump. But recently, Ms. Krerowicz, 58, began to have second thoughts. … Ms. Krerowicz, an executive assistant who is between […] Read more »
It’s a Question No One Says They Want to Ask. But the Women Running for President Keep Hearing It.
Some people whisper it, some apologize for it, and some are very careful to mention their neighbors — their neighbors would be the ones to ask. “Do you really think a woman could be elected president?” … Privately, Democratic strategists, candidates and officials say they’ve been alarmed by how deeply […] Read more »