Thirty-four percent of U.S. women say they worry “frequently” or “occasionally” about being sexually assaulted. That percentage essentially matches the 33% average in Gallup’s 17-year trend but is up slightly from an average 30% who worried from 2013 through 2015. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
Women propel Hillary Clinton into battleground lead over Donald Trump
A big swing in the women’s vote has propelled Hillary Clinton into a six-point lead across the battleground states, as seven in ten women feel Donald Trump does not respect them. CONT. Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Read more »
Women Are Defeating Donald Trump
… But while we’re in something of a wait-and-see mode, one demographic split caught my eye. That was from a Public Religion Research Institute poll conducted on behalf of The Atlantic. It showed a massive gender split, with Clinton trailing Trump by 11 percentage points among men but leading him by […] Read more »
Trump And The Testosterone Takeover Of 2016
… Gender was always bound to play a major role in the 2016 campaign, with Hillary Clinton poised to become the first female major-party nominee. As it turns out, Trump’s gender has likewise become a major focus of this election cycle. … It’s not that Americans are opposed to a […] Read more »
Views on Race and Gender Mark Stark Divide Between Clinton, Trump Supporters
The conflict between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump over racial and gender issues in Monday’s debate reflects a deep divide in voter attitudes: views on the influence of men, women and racial groups in society are closely related to vote preferences. The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, mainly released Sunday, […] Read more »
Can Hillary Clinton Keep You Safe?
… The conventional wisdom among political scientists and pollsters has long held that voters drew on traditional gender roles in deciding whom to trust on what issue, said Marianne Cooper, a sociologist at Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Men, with their claims to strength and aggression, traditionally scored better […] Read more »