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A gender gap in voting typically refers to the difference in the percentage of men and women who vote for a particular candidate. [1] It is calculated by subtracting the percentage of women supporting a candidate from the percentage of men supporting a candidate (e.g., if 55 percent of men support a candidate and 44 percent of women support the same candidate, there is an 11-point gender gap).
From 1980 until the present, women have voted in elections in at least the same percentage as have men, and often more. This difference in voting turnout and preferences between men and women is known as the voting gender gap. The voting gender gap has impacted political elections and, consequently, the way candidates campaign for office.
Since 1980, the voting gender gap has completely reversed, with a higher proportion of women voting than men in each of the last nine presidential elections. The Center for American Women and Politics summarizes how this trend can be measured differently both in terms of proportion of voters to non-voters, and in terms of the bulk number of ...
Nationally, women have outpaced men, 53% to 44%, in early voting, and the gap is bigger in key states such as Pennsylvania. But whom they voted for is unknown.
Pennsylvania boasts a growing population of more than 1 million Hispanic voters – 615,000 who are expected to vote – including a large group of Puerto Rican voters in Allentown, the state’s ...
Analysis from the American Institute for Boys and Men, for example, shows that Gen Z men broadly support gender equality (and at higher rates than older men), despite their reluctance to describe ...
The eventual appearance of an American women's voting bloc has been tracked to various dates, depending on the source, from the 1950s [106] to 1970. [107] Around 1980, a nationwide gender gap in voting had emerged, with women usually favoring the Democratic candidate in presidential elections. [108]
Iowa restores the voting rights of felons who completed their prison sentences. [59] Nebraska ends lifetime disenfranchisement of people with felonies but adds a five-year waiting period. [62] 2006. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was extended for the fourth time by President George W. Bush, being the second extension of 25 years. [64]