Regardless of Vice President Kamala Harris’ efforts to shatter glass ceilings and develop into the primary girl to be president within the U.S., the nation’s highest workplace stays solely male-dominated.
ABC Information projected former President Donald Trump to develop into the forty seventh President of america early Wednesday morning, that means it will be not less than one other 4 years earlier than America would be a part of different nations in electing a girl to steer their nation.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Howard College in Washington, Nov. 6, 2024.
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In keeping with June 2024 knowledge from U.N. Girls, “113 nations worldwide have by no means had a girl function Head of State or Authorities.” Which means among the many 193 United Nations member states, not less than 80 nations have had a feminine head of state or authorities.
But, america of America, thought of one of the highly effective international nations, has but to elect a feminine chief.
In keeping with the Girls’s Energy Index from the Council on Overseas Relations, which ranks nations based mostly on “progress towards gender parity in political participation,” the U.S. is ranked No. 69 out of the U.N. member states.
All through her marketing campaign, Harris selected to not name consideration to her gender — a stark distinction to 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton who closely leaned into her historic identification on the presidential ticket.
In an interview with NBC Information’ Hallie Jackson two weeks earlier than Election Day, Harris emphasised her capability to meet the job of a president, reasonably than specializing in the historic nature of her candidacy.
“I am clearly a girl, I need not level that out to anybody,” she stated. “The purpose that most individuals actually care about is, are you able to do the job, and do you’ve a plan to truly give attention to them?”
Harris did, nonetheless, make it clear in her marketing campaign efforts and coverage proposals that her presidency can be centered on ladies’s rights, notably relating to reproductive freedom and gender equality.
Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, greets supporters throughout a marketing campaign rally at Shell Power Stadium, Oct. 25, 2024, in Houston.
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Although ballots are nonetheless being counted in some states, preliminary exit ballot knowledge discovered Harris underperformed with feminine voters. In reality, her assist from ladies was down 3 factors from Biden’s in 2020.
Trump made strides amongst ladies, barely narrowing his margins amongst this demographic in comparison with his efficiency in 2020. In keeping with preliminary exit ballot knowledge, Harris solely gained ladies by 10 factors (54% to Trump’s 44%), whereas Biden gained ladies by 15 factors in 2020 (57% to Trump’s 42%).
This comes regardless of criticism of the Trump marketing campaign demeaning feminine voters. From Vice President-elect JD Vance’s feedback of “childless cat women” to more moderen sexist and misogynistic remarks made at Trump rallies, the Republican ticket usually sparked outrage from feminine voters.
Trump’s two presidential victories, the 2016 and the 2024 election, have been each gained in opposition to a feminine opponent, whereas his sole defeat got here from a male candidate.
