USA: 13 women in politics to watch ahead of election 2024
Source: The Story Exchange
There’s no avoiding it: 2024 is a presidential election year.
President Joe Biden will square off against a Republican challenger (most likely former President Donald Trump, if polls are to be believed). And it’s already shaping up to be a charged race in an already-charged atmosphere. Hot-button issues like abortion, domestic economic woes and foreign wars, which are already inflaming Americans, loom large as part of voters’ calculus as well.
When it comes to women in politics, however, Americans by and large aren’t feeling much of anything. A Pew Research Center pollpublished last fall revealed that a 64% majority of Americans aren’t concerned about having a woman president, and roughly half are unbothered by the lack of representation for women in elected office overall.
Click here to read the full article published by The Story Exchange on 22 January 2024.
There’s no avoiding it: 2024 is a presidential election year.
President Joe Biden will square off against a Republican challenger (most likely former President Donald Trump, if polls are to be believed). And it’s already shaping up to be a charged race in an already-charged atmosphere. Hot-button issues like abortion, domestic economic woes and foreign wars, which are already inflaming Americans, loom large as part of voters’ calculus as well.
When it comes to women in politics, however, Americans by and large aren’t feeling much of anything. A Pew Research Center pollpublished last fall revealed that a 64% majority of Americans aren’t concerned about having a woman president, and roughly half are unbothered by the lack of representation for women in elected office overall.
Click here to read the full article published by The Story Exchange on 22 January 2024.