This week, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to claim the nomination for president by one of the two major U.S. political parties, once again raising the question of whether women should vote for Clinton because she is a woman. Underlying that question is another one: Does the experience of […] Read more »
From 1937 To Hillary Clinton, How Americans Have Felt About A Woman President
In January of 1937, the Gallup Poll, then in its second year of existence, posed this question: “Would you vote for a woman for president if she was qualified in every other respect?” Sixty-four percent of Americans said no, 33 percent said yes, and 3 percent had no opinion on […] Read more »
Why Hillary Clinton’s Win Is So Historic
… As Clinton readies for the general election, we thought it would be a good time to take a look at the history of Americans’ readiness for a female president. The timeline below juxtaposes major events in Clinton’s career, historic moments for women in political leadership, and regular polling results […] Read more »
Gender and the Presidency: A Look Through Polling History
… Time, Clinton’s ubiquitousness in the political consciousness, the historic nature of Barack Obama’s presidency and her own damagingly high negative ratings have all dampened the drama of Clinton’s crowning as the first female nominee of a major party. And of course, other women have preceded her on the national […] Read more »
Why are you yelling? The questions female candidates still face
Hillary Clinton is poised to break historic ground Tuesday, but the latest research shows that she and other women still traverse a more difficult political landscape than men when they run for office — and that those differences exacerbate some of the most serious challenges she faces about honesty and […] Read more »
The Anti-P.C. Vote
We know that resentment is driving much of Donald Trump’s success — resentment of elites, of the political class, of illegal immigrants, of protesters, of the media — and perhaps most particularly of changes in the demographic makeup of the country that Trump and his followers find unwelcome. Part of […] Read more »