Tag Archives: gender

Voter Trends

Who Votes for Women? “I think there are women who are going to vote for a woman just because [the candidate] is a woman, and men who aren’t going to vote for a woman just because [the candidate] is a woman. But when you get into, hopefully, the more thoughtful [...]

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Executive Leadership

Going Where Few Have Dared to Go “For people to get comfortable seeing women in executive roles, they have to see women in executive roles. They have to see women run.” – Candidate They Just Can’t Imagine a Woman in Charge Voters have a hard time picturing a female governor: [...]

Conclusion

While voters are coming to see women candidates as the norm in Governors races, they continue to judge women candidates differently; sometimes according them advantage and sometimes penalizing them. For example, voters believe women are not as well prepared as men to manage a financial crisis, but they also view [...]

Tracking Trends

Many of our earliest findings have shifted over the decade. Women candidates are no longer perceived as making a feminist point. Those interviewed do not believe voters see women candidates as novel or distinct. The most often recognized advantage of being a woman candidate was in debates when there are [...]

General Observations

The Clinton-Palin Factor No one believed a race was won or lost because of gender. The candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin were deemed to have no impact or a slightly positive one. This latter finding was among those who believed that having more competent women in the environment [...]