Accounts of sexual harassment and assault have toppled man after man in workplace after workplace as the #MeToo movement has taken hold, but quantifying its scope has often proved elusive or politically charged. … The largest continuing study available to date, the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey by […] Read more »
Donald Trump’s culture war is running into the gender gap
With his sharp words in recent days defending men accused of sexual harassment and spousal abuse, President Donald Trump launched another firebomb into the cultural chasm running through his presidency. This new debate could expose Republicans in 2018 to a more widespread backlash among women — and a more pointed […] Read more »
White Democrats Have Gotten Way More Liberal On Identity Issues
The ongoing fight over funding the government — which may finally be on the verge of a long-term resolution — has centered in large part on immigration. Democrats want a replacement for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and if they settle for a deal without one, they’re likely […] Read more »
White Women in the Rustbelt Are Turning on Trump
A massive new measure of state-by-state attitudes toward Donald Trump offers important clues about the pressure points that could tip the 2018 elections. Last week, Gallup released Trump’s average approval rating in all 50 states in 2017, based on more than 171,000 survey interviews it conducted over the course of […] Read more »
6 in 10 have hope for lasting change on sexual harassment
There’s hope for a good outcome from the recent controversies over sexual harassment: Sixty-two percent of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll — men and women alike — think the debate will create lasting change in the way U.S. society deals with the issue. CONT. Christine Filer, ABC […] Read more »
Gender Gap on Trump Approval Bigger Than Predecessors’
The gender gap in Donald Trump’s 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton was the largest in election polling history, with significantly more men than women supporting Trump. This sizable gender difference has carried over to his job approval rating throughout the first year of his presidency. The average difference in Trump’s […] Read more »