On June 6, 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to earn a majority of pledged delegates to secure a major party’s presidential nomination. … Does Clinton’s successful nomination denote a post-sexist political environment, reflecting a steady change in attitudes over the years? Is her successful nomination a watershed moment […] Read more »
Moving to scale to win on health care
The humiliating retreat of President Trump and Speaker Ryan on the Obamacare replacement was a powerful moment for working class women, financially pressed unmarried women, millennials, and minorities – both the Clinton and Trump voters. Based on the findings of just-completed focus groups with these key voters, the Republican failure […] Read more »
A Democratic pollster talks about how her party lost touch
As part of an effort to understand the state of the Democratic Party — both inside and outside Washington — in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory, I am embarking on an occasional series of email conversations with people who will be part of what comes next for the party. […] Read more »
How Unconscious Sexism Could Help Explain Trump’s Win
A woman has never come closer to the presidency than Hillary Clinton did in winning the popular vote in November. Yet as women march in Washington on Saturday, many of them to protest the presidency of Donald Trump, an important obstacle to the first woman president remains: the hidden, internalized […] Read more »
Polls show trouble for Trump ahead of Women’s March on Washington
With massive crowds expected for the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday and additional protests and rallies planned in cities across the country, the latest CBS News Poll finds women are less optimistic than men about Donald Trump in the White House. Moreover, many women are concerned about how the […] Read more »
In U.S., More Adults Identifying as LGBT
The portion of American adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) increased to 4.1% in 2016 from 3.5% in 2012. These figures, drawn from the largest representative sample of LGBT Americans collected in the U.S., imply that more than an estimated 10 million adults now identify as LGBT […] Read more »