I know this may seem like an early question (in politics tho does early really exist), but in a hypothetical where Biden wins the election and doesn’t perhaps doesn’t run for re-election or say Biden resigns in the middle of the term. Would the electorate, or more specifically the midwestern electorate, be more open to electing a woman president since the country would have had a woman vote / possible president? Might it not matter since the sunbelt, which moved for Clinton, might move for a female nominee?
That’s an interesting question. One thing we know from the political science literature is that women running for president embolden younger women to run for political office and increase their faith in the government. Given this effects, I could also see Hillary Clinton’s run partially normalizing women running for President. But I doubt the effects of sexism will have disappeared entirely by then. Either way, a question worth exploring!
I know this may seem like an early question (in politics tho does early really exist), but in a hypothetical where Biden wins the election and doesn’t perhaps doesn’t run for re-election or say Biden resigns in the middle of the term. Would the electorate, or more specifically the midwestern electorate, be more open to electing a woman president since the country would have had a woman vote / possible president? Might it not matter since the sunbelt, which moved for Clinton, might move for a female nominee?
That’s an interesting question. One thing we know from the political science literature is that women running for president embolden younger women to run for political office and increase their faith in the government. Given this effects, I could also see Hillary Clinton’s run partially normalizing women running for President. But I doubt the effects of sexism will have disappeared entirely by then. Either way, a question worth exploring!
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jay-z-concert-us-sexist-racist-speech-girl-president-video-a8070851.html.
Hadn’t seen this before. Very interesting.