Pakistan added millions of women voters in 2024, but declining turnout reveals deeper barriers to meaningful political participation.
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Canada’s voter gender gap is not just about party preference — it reflects deeper ideological divides shaped by cultural values, policy priorities and gender identities.
With women comprising more than half of the electorate, the Conservative Party of Canada’s focus this election on working-class men risked alienating female voters.
Modern politics tends to attract certain masculinity types. They are on show again in the 2025 federal election.
Gender plays a role in elections. But it is important not to overstate gender differences at a time when generational differences seem more politically salient.
Some have argued Harris moved too far to the left in the campaign. Instead, she may have failed to listen to the message coming from her base.
Donald Trump’s win answered several questions. Will America vote for a Black woman? No. Will Kamala Harris break the glass ceiling? No. Here’s how gender and race played big roles in the outcome.
Research has long suggested that women shift left on a generational basis, but we think something else is happening here.
New surveys carried out by a team of social scientists find no evidence that Democrats, Republicans and independents are more likely to vote because of the Supreme Court’s abortion decision in June.
Every citizen has the right to vote. But various characteristics and legal requirements affect how likely any one person is to actually cast a ballot.
The message from the weekend was the things that really matter to women matter at the ballot box, too.
There is no easy path to power for any political party without the support of women. Has the CPC narrowed the gender gap with Liberals this election? It’s unlikely.
A Trump loss on Nov. 3 would demonstrate that the grassroots organizing of American women has paid off.
As Israelis head to the polls for the second time in 2019, what role will gender play in the vote?
Men and women are not unified voting blocs. We must consider how voters identify themselves in terms of gender to truly understand how women and men think about politics.
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Professor, Political Studies; Director, Canadian Opinion Research Archive, Queen's University, Ontario
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Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership and Professor of Politics, King's College London
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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow, Newcastle University
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Kalb Professor of Global Communications and Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor in Politics and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
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USC Associates Chair in Social Sciences; Professor of Political Science and Gender and Sexuality Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Politics, and Education, University of Virginia
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Senior Advisor to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts + Labour Management Relations, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Gettysburg College
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Professor of Women's Studies and Political Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Science + Technology Editor, The Conversation