Yes there is a gender gap in American politics because as stated in the Edward's textbook on page 2014, this gender gap affected the election outcome of 1996 and 2008. The gender gap refers to the pattern that women tend to support the democratic party. This was illustrated in the 1996 election when more women voted for Bill Clinton than Bob Dole. This trend continued when women were seven percent more likely to vote for Obama in the 2008 election than men were.
I agree that there is a gender gap. I think that there is a lot of evidence in that women are likely to vote more democratic. Women have been more likely to vote democratic since around 1980. Women also favored the democratic candidate John Kerry and the men favored the republican candidate George W Bush.
I agree that there is a gender gap in politics and the statistical evidence clearly supports that women generally lean toward voting for democratic candidates. An article I read suggests that the reason behind this difference is because of the relationship between the policy agenda of democrats, and the issues that women are focused on and concerned about in their daily lives. Democrats may focus more on education reform, health care, social security and medicare. Most often, women are the party concerned with these issues than their husband or the men in their life may be. This may not be the reason, but I find it to be an interesting conjecture.
I believe that the answer to the "gender gap question" lies in the nature of women. Women often tend to be concerned with the care of others (not that men aren't- this simply is a bigger priority for some women that they are willing to pay for). This nature also leads to the absence of women in politics. On page 367 of the Edwards book, the question is asked "If women have proven themselves as capable of competing with and winning against men, then why aren't there more women in Congress?". The answer partly lies in childcare responsibilities and in the face that women's decisions to run are more sensitive than men's to their perceptions of the odds of winning.
I feel this problem is blown out of proportion in today's world. I believe it is unintentional, as Mallory said women take jobs that are more concerned with care. Our nation has grown substantially since the days of the "Flapper movement" in the 1920's where wearing flappers was seen as a problem, I feel the gender gap will close very soon and equality in the business world will be achieved.
When looking at statistic's it seems to me that, yes there is a gender gap in American politics. According to rutgers.edu only 20% of the 100 seats in the U.S Senate are women, 19.4% of the 535 seats in Congress are women, and according to Time magazine- the U.S. is ranked 33rd out of 49 high income countries with women involved in politics. Now whether the gender gap comes from a desire for women to go into more care centered jobs or maybe the way women go into caring jobs because they believe its what they are expected to do, is up for debate. What I find not up for debate is the clear lack of women involved in American politics thus leading to a gender gap.
Yes there is a gender gap in American politics because as stated in the Edward's textbook on page 2014, this gender gap affected the election outcome of 1996 and 2008. The gender gap refers to the pattern that women tend to support the democratic party. This was illustrated in the 1996 election when more women voted for Bill Clinton than Bob Dole. This trend continued when women were seven percent more likely to vote for Obama in the 2008 election than men were.
ReplyDeleteI agree that there is a gender gap. I think that there is a lot of evidence in that women are likely to vote more democratic. Women have been more likely to vote democratic since around 1980. Women also favored the democratic candidate John Kerry and the men favored the republican candidate George W Bush.
DeleteI agree that there is a gender gap in politics and the statistical evidence clearly supports that women generally lean toward voting for democratic candidates. An article I read suggests that the reason behind this difference is because of the relationship between the policy agenda of democrats, and the issues that women are focused on and concerned about in their daily lives. Democrats may focus more on education reform, health care, social security and medicare. Most often, women are the party concerned with these issues than their husband or the men in their life may be. This may not be the reason, but I find it to be an interesting conjecture.
DeleteI believe that the answer to the "gender gap question" lies in the nature of women. Women often tend to be concerned with the care of others (not that men aren't- this simply is a bigger priority for some women that they are willing to pay for). This nature also leads to the absence of women in politics. On page 367 of the Edwards book, the question is asked "If women have proven themselves as capable of competing with and winning against men, then why aren't there more women in Congress?". The answer partly lies in childcare responsibilities and in the face that women's decisions to run are more sensitive than men's to their perceptions of the odds of winning.
DeleteI feel this problem is blown out of proportion in today's world. I believe it is unintentional, as Mallory said women take jobs that are more concerned with care. Our nation has grown substantially since the days of the "Flapper movement" in the 1920's where wearing flappers was seen as a problem, I feel the gender gap will close very soon and equality in the business world will be achieved.
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ReplyDeleteWhen looking at statistic's it seems to me that, yes there is a gender gap in American politics. According to rutgers.edu only 20% of the 100 seats in the U.S Senate are women, 19.4% of the 535 seats in Congress are women, and according to Time magazine- the U.S. is ranked 33rd out of 49 high income countries with women involved in politics. Now whether the gender gap comes from a desire for women to go into more care centered jobs or maybe the way women go into caring jobs because they believe its what they are expected to do, is up for debate. What I find not up for debate is the clear lack of women involved in American politics thus leading to a gender gap.
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