When the Republican presidential candidates gather for their first debate this week, the encounter is likely to center on the legal problems of the man all of them are chasing. Former President Donald Trump has solidified his lead in the GOP race by convincing most Republican voters to view his […] Read more »
More women than men have college degrees. That’s good news for Democrats.
… Back in 1970, only 11% of Americans 25-or-older had a bachelor’s degree. The number has risen every decade to roughly 38% in 2021, according to the data from the Census’s Current Population Survey. The jump since 2010 has been especially sharp and one of the big drivers of that […] Read more »
Democrats and Republicans Agree Men Are in Trouble. They Disagree on What to Do About It.
For decades, a gender gap has been slowly changing how Americans vote: Women are voting for Democrats more, and men are usually sticking with Republicans. But lately, Republicans have been increasingly explicit about claiming the mantle of the manlier party for themselves. … Democrats have been less eager to stake […] Read more »
How people think about gender equality
This week marked International Women’s Day and the start of Women’s History Month. A lot has happened in the lead-up to this week. Nikki Haley, the first female candidate to enter the 2024 race for the White House, announced her candidacy a few weeks ago. Comments about her gender and […] Read more »
The real gap on abortion views isn’t about sex, it’s about gender
… The problem with an analysis of abortion views based on sex is that it’s conflating two concepts: sex and gender. There aren’t many social scientists who are going to argue that someone’s reproductive organs make them hold certain social or political views; rather, it’s the way that those organs […] Read more »
How You Feel About Gender Roles Can Tell Us How You’ll Vote
The phenomenon of the gender gap — the fact that women as a whole are more supportive of the Democratic Party than men are — masks significant divisions in the American electorate. … It almost goes without saying, but men and women who support traditional gender roles for men and […] Read more »