A major impediment to political understanding is the attitude that whatever is happening now has always been so. One of our most important tasks as political scientists is not just to describe the world as it is, but to identify and understand change. CONT. Andrew Gelman (Columbia), The Monkey Cage Read more »
Why Hillary Clinton needs the gender gap
… Since 1980, men have always voted more Republican than women in presidential races — but never more so than that year. … But the bigger question, of course, is how that gender gap will be affected if there is actually a woman on the ticket — or, quite possibly, […] Read more »
Carly Fiorina Offers Republicans a Pathway to Reach Women
With a debate performance that was steely and at times deeply personal, Carly Fiorina appears to have improved her standing in the race to be the Republican nominee. But even if she falls short, she took a big stride toward filling a role her party badly needs: a credible antidote […] Read more »
Clinton’s support erodes sharply among Democratic women
Hillary Rodham Clinton is suffering a rapid erosion of support among Democratic women — the voters long presumed to be the bedrock in her bid to become the nation’s first female president. The numbers in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll are an alarm siren: Where 71 percent of Democratic-leaning […] Read more »
Dissecting Trump’s Image Among GOP Men, Women
Donald Trump moved from a 56% favorable, 36% unfavorable rating among Republicans back in mid-July, when we first began tracking his image, to a 63% favorable, 31% unfavorable reading in the two weeks ending Sept. 1. That marked a seven-percentage-point jump in his favorable rating and a 12-point gain in […] Read more »
Clinton far more popular among women of color than among white women
Women of color still have Hillary Rodham Clinton’s back, giving the Democratic presidential candidate stellar favorable ratings even as her numbers have plunged among other groups — including white women — a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows. CONT. Vanessa Williams & Scott Clement, Washington Post Read more »