Voting the gender gap / edited by Lois Duke Whitaker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whitaker, Lois Duke.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity--United States--History--21st century.

Women.

Voting--United States--History--21st century.

Voting.

Political participation--United States--History--21st century.

Political participation.

Women political candidates--United States.

Women political candidates.

Sex role--Political aspects--United States.

Sex role.

United States--Politics and government--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book concentrates on the gender gap in voting--the difference in the proportion of women and men voting for the same candidate. Evident in every presidential election since 1980, this polling phenomenon reached a high of 11 percentage points in the 1996 election. The contributors discuss the history, complexity, and ways of analyzing the gender gap; the gender gap in relation to partisanship; motherhood, ethnicity, and the impact of parental status on the gender gap; and the gender gap in races involving female candidates. Voting the Gender Gap analyzes trends in voting while probing how women's political empowerment and gender affect American politics and the electoral process._x000B__x000B_Contributors are Susan J. Carroll, Erin Cassese, Cal Clark, Janet M. Clark, M. Margaret Conway, Kathleen A. Dolan, Laurel Elder, Kathleen A. Frankovic, Steven Greene, Leonie Huddy, Mary-Kate Lizotte, Barbara Norrander, Margie Omero, and Lois Duke Whitaker.

Contents:

Introduction / Lois Duke Whitaker

The history of the gender gaps / Barbara Norrander

Women and the polls : questions, answers, images / Kathleen A. Frankovic

The reemergence of the gender gap in 2004 / Cal Clark and Janet M. Clark

Security moms and presidential politics : women voters in the 2004 election / Susan J. Carroll

Women voters, women candidates : is there a gender gap in support for women candidates? / Kathleen A. Dolan

Using exit polls to explore the gender gap in campaigns for senate and governor / Margie Omero

Parenthood and the gender gap / Laurel Elder and Steven Greene

Sources of political unity and disunity among women : placing the gender gap in perspective / Leonie Huddy, Erin Cassese, and Mary-Kate Lizotte

The gender gap : a comparison across racial and ethnic groups / M. Margaret Conway

Conclusion: When women vote, are women empowered? / Lois Duke Whitaker.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-206) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-58323-2

9786613895684

0-252-09285-6

OCLC:

1097158974