Hillary Clinton’s 11-point loss to Bernie Sanders among female voters in New Hampshire has highlighted a conundrum for many women: How should gender factor into their decision-making when one of their own is on the ballot? CONT. Frances Stead Sellers, Washington Post Read more »
Here’s what the research tells us about whether sexism is hurting Hillary Clinton’s prospects
Dishonest, shrill, and frumpy: Not just Hillary Clinton’s Republican opponents but also media commentators have hurled these criticisms, during this election cycle. And most Monkey Cage readers will recall the fuss about Clinton’s debate bathroom break. Given such gendered background noise, it is certainly tempting to blame Clinton’s primary losses […] Read more »
Engaging the Millennial Generation: Report from Focus Groups
Millennials are unique and hold tremendous power and potential – economically, socially and politically. To better understand how to engage this generation, Democracy Corps conducted two focus groups in Philadelphia on January 19th, one among African American millennial women and one among white millennial men. CONT. Democracy Corps Read more »
Donald Trump’s women problem
Improbably but relentlessly, Donald Trump is marching toward the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. … But Trump has an Achilles’ heel when it comes to winning a general election: He doesn’t do well at attracting women voters. Actually, that’s an understatement: He repels many of them. CONT. Doyle McManus, Los Angeles […] Read more »
Betty Friedan to Beyoncé: Today’s generation embraces feminism on its own terms
… Young women (and, increasingly, men) are still coming to the movement in strong numbers, but this feminism looks different, in many ways, than that of earlier generations. This New Wave feminism is shaped less by a shared struggle against oppression than by a collective embrace of individual freedoms, concerned […] Read more »
Why 49% of Americans are Angry
The “Meet the Press” panel discusses a new NBC News, SurveyMonkey, Esquire poll that explores the political issues that are making Americans angry. NBC News Read more »