What Went Down On Night 3 Of The DNC

As with anything in U.S. politics these days, race and education play a big role in partisan identity for women (and men). White women who don’t have a four-year college degree are much more likely to identify as Republican than white women who have at least a bachelor’s degree. But women (and men) of color are far less likely to identify as Republican regardless of education.

Michael, I mean, I think gender consciousness was an unusually powerful force in the 2016 election — just, you know, among many men.

Well, Micah, part of it is that there isn’t a lot of evidence that simply having a woman on the ballot motivates women to vote for that candidate. Trump’s presidency has mobilized a lot of women who maybe just weren’t that excited about Clinton four years ago.