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As election results begin to roll in and states are called, follow USA TODAY’s live coverage of the 2024 presidential election. Here is how to watch. USA TODAY Election Night live stream. USA ...
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).
Democrats are encouraged by early-voting turnout among women in which they outpaced men by about 9 percentage points nationally, roughly the same margin as the 2020 election when Biden defeated Trump.
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.
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.
The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy estimated that by requiring voters to present a government-issued photo ID at the polls, nine states may have disenfranchised over 25,000 transgender people in the November 2012 presidential election, [15] because poll workers are unlikely to have training on ...
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) touted former President Trump’s support among women despite the apparent gender gap in polls against his Democratic rival, Vice President ...
The social relationship between gender and elections is crucial, as gender plays a significant role in moderating the correlation between election and legislative behavior. [31] Our social gender beliefs impact not only how the general public perceives women in political office but also their decision-making and political actions.