Democratic Primaries

bluedye33139

(1,474 posts)

9. The gender penalty refers to outcomes

Sun Dec 15, 2019, 03:33 PM

Dec 2019

And the study cited in this article indicates that there is no gender penalty.

Does that mean that there is no gender bias? No.

Does that mean that there was no sexism in 2016? No.

I would point out that Hillary Clinton actually got millions more votes than Donald Trump, which tends to substantiate the theory that the gender penalty doesn't show up in voting.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

12 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Electability. [View all] bluedye33139 Dec 2019 OP

Great piece. redqueen Dec 2019 #1

re: "feedback loop" thesquanderer Dec 2019 #3

Electability is "can you picture this person sitting at the Oval Office desk" and it feels normal Otto Lidenbrock Dec 2019 #2

In December 2007, Obama trailed Hillary by 20+ points Fiendish Thingy Dec 2019 #4

Woah, 2097? abqtommy Dec 2019 #5

And there is no gender penalty bluedye33139 Dec 2019 #7

You don't think gender bias played a role in 2016? comradebillyboy Dec 2019 #8

The gender penalty refers to outcomes bluedye33139 Dec 2019 #9

Well said, Otto.. TY! Cha Dec 2019 #12

It is totally subjective mostly judeling Dec 2019 #6

Washington Post-It's easy to see how Trump can win reelection Gothmog Dec 2019 #10

I'm still not sure how the construct of electability is measured bluedye33139 Dec 2019 #11