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Gender Gap

            
             I believe that there is somewhat of a gender gap in areas of politics and public policy, but it is by no means the most prominent factor in determining the political agenda. Studies show that women regularly giving more support to Democratic candidates and causes than men do; it shows no signs of expanding or shrinking. Differences between blacks and whites are obviously much larger; and so are those among educational and income groups, among Americans by their level of religious participation, and between union members and non-unionists. If one was to study these differences, they would find that many of them actually are the cause of the gender gap. For instance, an African American woman has an extremely high tendency to vote democratic. This is also true for marital status, and the tendency for a single woman to vote democratic. Both of these examples have an effect on the so called gender gap.
             This gender gap may be following a pattern that began taking shape in the 1970s when the woman's movement gained full force. When this happened, a large number of women began to run for high office. The actual term "gender gap" was coined in 1980. Ronald Reagan was the presidential candidate at this time and was consistently rated higher by men than women, and people began to notice the gap forming.
             The gender gap that has existed in the form of voting and other political .
             Participation has vanished since near the end of the 1980s. There are several factors that have caused this change in the past 20 years. One of them is the fact that there has been a great improvement in educational opportunities for women. There are also now more women in the workforce than ever before. Thirdly, there is a large political focus on issues such as pay equity and abortion rights.
             There is a definite difference in the political party preference of men and women. Men are eight percentage points lower than women in supporting the Democratic Party.


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