… More than two decades after the Senate’s “year of the woman” in 1992, the 2016 race, in some ways, marks the first time that women have been mentioned as frequently as men in the presidential guessing-game. The believability threshold for women as presidential candidates seems to finally be coming […] Read more »
Gender Stereotypes, Candidate Evaluations, and Voting for Women Candidates: What Really Matters?
… We can easily conjure up anecdotal examples of high-level women candidates who have been subjected to criticism and attacks because of their age (too young or too old), appearance (too beautiful or too plain), or family status (whether mothers or childless). … However, look closer and you will see […] Read more »
The War ON Women Vs. The War FOR Women
… Republicans have to decide if they would rather win the “war on women” or win women voters. Republicans didn’t lose the women’s vote in 2012 because of Todd Akin. Many on the right believe that the “lamestream” media helped to drive a wedge between the GOP and female voters […] Read more »
Walking Loudly and Carrying a Big Stick
… This female-male divergence of opinions is an enduring characteristic of polls on the use of military force and generally persists regardless of the weapons system employed, military mission undertaken, whether the intervening force is unilateral or multilateral, and the strategic objective proposed. The gap is also one that is […] Read more »
Both Parties Need to Keep an Eye on Older Voters for 2014 Elections
This week, I had the opportunity to listen in on a briefing call led by Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg of Democracy Corps and Page Gardner, founder and president of the Women’s Voices Women’s Vote Action Fund. Based on their findings from a recent survey by Democratic firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner […] Read more »
The Women’s Economic Agenda
Last week, House Democrats released a new policy agenda called “When Women Succeed, America Succeeds.” Their agenda is divided into three broad policy areas—pay, work and family balance, and childcare—with policies in each category aimed at addressing fundamental challenges in women’s economic lives. … A new survey by Greenberg Quinlan […] Read more »