Scholarship on women voters in the United States has focused on the gender gap showing that women are more likely to vote for Democratic Party candidates than men since the 1980s. The persistence of the gender gap has nurtured the conclusion that women are Democrats. This article presents evidence upending that conventional wisdom. Data from the American National Election Study are analyzed to demonstrate that white women are the only group of female voters who support Republican Party candidates for president. They have done so by a majority in all but 2 of the last 18 elections. The relevance of race for partisan choice among women voters is estimated with data collected in 2008, 2012, and 2016, and the significance of being white is identified after accounting for political party identification and other predictors.
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The Women's Voter Register Dataset is created from Election Department registers used to register women voters in 1920 after the passage of the 19th Amendment. The dataset contains information about newly registered women voters including name, address, place of birth, occupation, place of work, naturalization information, and closest male relative. This dataset is in progress and is updated periodically as additional voter registers are transcribed.
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This dataset is about books. It has 1 row and is filtered where the book is Recasting the vote : how women of color transformed the Suffrage movement. It features 7 columns including author, publication date, language, and book publisher.
This is an educational material (picture book) which is adopted from a video spot showing how to vote for women and the importance of women's participation in political, social and economic development.
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This dataset consists of state and year-wise women candidates contested in assembly election. It consists of other details like constituencies name, age, party name, party symbol, votes secured and the position after final result
A survey commissioned by the Women & Politics Institute at American University’s School of Public Affairs and conducted by the Benenson Strategy Group (BSG) confirms many women voters strongly dislike President Trump and are troubled by his tone and use of offensive language, but they also say he wasn’t the only factor driving their votes this fall.
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This Dataset contains loksabha election year-wise total and female voter turnout since 1957
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In many emerging democracies women are less likely to vote than men and, when they do vote, are likely to follow the wishes of male household and clan heads. We assess the impact of a voter awareness campaign on female turnout, candidate choice and party vote shares. Geographic clusters within villages were randomly assigned to treatment or control, and within treated clusters, some households were not targeted. Compared to women in control clusters, both targeted and untargeted women in treated clusters are 12 percentage points more likely to vote, and are also more likely to exercise independence in candidate choice, indicating large spillovers. Data from polling stations suggests that treating 10 women increased female turnout by about 7 votes, resulting in a cost per vote of US$ 3.1 Finally, a 10 percent increase in the share of treated women at the polling station led to a 6 percent decrease in the share of votes of the winning party.
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This paper leverages fine grained municipal level data from Sweden, including turnout figures separated by sex, to examine the political geography of the gender gap. Prominent arguments about the ``traditional'' gender gap claim that early on, women turned out at low rates and voted for conservative parties. Instead, I argue that when parties have clear geographic strongholds, gender gaps depend on population demographics and the mobilization of men and women in a given election. Using the computational method of bounds to estimate women's vote choice, I find that women in cities and large municipalities were much more supportive of the left than women in the countryside after suffrage. At the national level, high turnout among women in more populous municipalities drove the majority of women to support the left. These findings demonstrate that the partisan gender gap is not only a feature of gender, but also produced by electoral geography.
This dataset covers ballots 295-99, spanning May, June, September, and November 1962. The dataset contains the data resulting from these polls in ASCII. The ballots are as follows: 295 - May The purpose of this Gallup poll is to get the political views and opinions of Canadians before an election. Nearly all of the questions deal either directly with the election, voting, or the preferred parties and politicians of the respondent. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. The topics of interest include: car ownership; Diefenbaker as Prime Minister; electoral ridings; the upcoming federal election; opinions towards what the greatest problem currently facing Canada is; whether respondents' names are on the electoral list; Pearson as the next Prime Minister; whether political debates should be on television; preferred political parties; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included. 296 - June This Gallup poll aims to collect the political opinions of Canadians, in order to see patterns and trends before a federal election. There are questions asked directly about the parties and their leaders, as well as questions about issues important to the politicians and voters. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic and social variables. Topics of interest include: whether industry should adopt the 35 hour work week; car ownership; favoured politicians; the upcoming federal election; opinions towards what is the greatest problem facing Canada; whether income taxes are too high; John Diefenbaker as Prime Minister; laws against guaranteeing jobs for union members; Lester Pearson as the next Canadian Prime Minister; whether respondents' names are on the electoral list; personal happiness; preferred political party; unemployment predictions; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included. 297 - June This Gallup poll focuses primarily on politically based questions. The questions ask directly about a respondents intentions and history of voting and their preferred political parties and leaders, as well as addressing other issues of political significance. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographical, demographical, and social variables. The topics of interest include: American nuclear testing; whether respondents have been up in an airplane; Canadian defence policy; car ownership; the devaluation of the Canadian dollar; the upcoming federal election; whether hospital rates are too high; whether religion is increasing its influence; teenagers' behaviour improving; television's influence on children; union membership; voting behaviour; and whether women dominate their husbands or vice versa. Basic demographics variables are also included. 298 - September This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians on current issues of national importance and interest. There are questions about government activities and politicians, as well as important current events topics, such as abortion, and the controversial drug Thalidomide. Respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographical, demographical, and social variables. The topics of interest include: whether abortions should be allowed if the baby will be deformed; the austerity programme; car ownership; Diefenbaker's performance as Prime Minister; economic conditions in Canada; federal elections; what the main problem facing Canada is; pay raise talks for civil servants; preferred political parties; price and wage freezes; Real Caouette, leader of the Social Credit party; predictions for the standards of living in the future; Thalidomide; unemployment insurance; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included. 299 - November This Gallup poll aims to collect the opinions of Canadian on a variety of current events topics. Some of the subjects include politics, religion, nuclear war, and strikes. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. The topics of interest include: alcohol consumption; arms reduction; the British Commonwealth; C.B.C. news' political bias; car ownership; Diefenbaker's performance as Prime Minister; Ecumenism's possibility of success; the European Common Market; the federal election; who will be the first country to send a man to the moon; the possibility of nuclear war; nuclear weapons for the Canadian military; Pearson's performance as leader of the opposition; trading with communist nations; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics are also included.The codebook for this dataset is available through the UBC Library catalogue, with call number HN110.Z9 P84.
This dataset covers ballots 317-21, spanning January, April, June, August, October 1966. The dataset contains the data resulting from these polls in ASCII. The ballots are as follows: 317 - January This Gallup poll aims to collect the opinions of Canadians on subjects of interest to the government and the country as a whole. The majority of the questions are political, dealing with issues such as corruption in government, preferred political parties, and leaders. There are also some current events questions of political importance, involving subjects such as the United Nations, courts, and capital punishment. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic and social variables. Topics of interest include: capital punishment; whether Communist China should be admitted into the United Nations, whether Confederation will break up; whether corruption in politics is increasing; whether courts are too harsh on criminals; Diefenbaker's performance as leader of the opposition; federal elections; a government department dedicated to the handling of strikes; Pearson's performance as Prime Minister; predictions for the political parties in Canada; whether the two-party system is good for Canada; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables have also been included. 318 - April This Gallup poll seeks the political opinions of Canadians. The questions are all politically based, asking about political parties and leaders, and issues of national and international importance. There are also several current event topics covered, including television programming, birth control, and American influence on Canada. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. Topics of interest include: whether the Catholic church will ever accept birth control; federal elections; liquor, and drunkenness problems; how the Munsinger affair was handled by government; preferred political parties; public demonstration participation; strictness of laws governing business and labour; television programming quality; whether the term of office for government should be a guaranteed four years or not; opinions on the way the United States is handling the Viet Nam situation; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included. 319 - June This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians on issues currently of interest to Canadians and government. There are questions on subjects such as bad taste and etiquette, voting age, and family issues. There are also questions on political parties and leader issues. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic and social variables. Topics of interest include: behaviours in bad taste by women; federal elections; that father as the boss of the family; whether labour unions are being wisely led; lowering the voting age; nuclear weapons for Canada's forces; protection of personal rights; separation of Quebec from Canada; sterilization operations for women; television's influence on family life; union membership; voting behaviour; and women being accepted into the Ministry. Basic demographics variables are also included. 320 - August This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians on leading topics of the day. Including subjects on political parties and leaders, unions, railways, and travelling to the moon. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic and social variables. Topics of interest include: attitudes towards travelling to the moon; federal election; John Diefenbaker's performance as leader of the opposition; labour leader performance; Lester B. Pearson's performance as Prime Minister; old age pensions only paid after a "means" test; physical exam requirement to drive a car; railway receiving government funding; safety measures for cars; sympathy strikes; taxation of church property; Tommy Douglas' performance as leader of the NDP; union membership; the United States in the Viet Nam war; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included. 321 - October This Gallup poll seeks the opinions Canadians hold toward current events. There are questions about Expo '67, gun permits, divorce, welfare and unemployment. There are also political questions, gathering the opinions of Canadians towards political parties and leaders. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic and social variables. Topics of interest include: the British Commonwealth's importance; communist government in China being recognized by Canada; federal elections; what constitutes grounds for divorce; Canada's immigration policy; interest in politics; occupations that are regarded highly; permit requirements to buy a gun; preferred political parties; price and wage freezes; the Queen's visit to Expo '67; union membership; wages and the cost of living; welfare payments; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included.The codebook for this dataset is available through the UBC Library catalogue, with call number HN110.Z9 P84.
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This dataset consists of year-wise women candidates contested in assembly election of Maharashtra. It consists of other details like constituencies name, age, party name, party symbol, votes secured and the position after final result
This dataset covers ballots 273-76, and 278-79, spanning January, March, May, July, September, and November 1959. The dataset contains the data resulting from these polls in ASCII. The ballots are as follows: 273 - January This Gallup poll seeks to obtain the opinions of Canadians on several topics of interest to Canadians. The major subjects of the survey are politics, current events, labour, unions and strikes. Respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to social, geographic and demographic variables. Topics of interest include: the 4 day work week; the Canadian National Anthem; car ownership; Community Chest not meeting its objectives; Conservative party; federal election; home improvements; housework help; Liberal party; opinion of government; opposition party; whether respondents received a pay increase within the last year; public utilities strikes; religiousness of different generations; the state of the human race; whether titles should be given for outstanding service to Canada; Unemployment Insurance benefits; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included. 274 - March This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians on a variety of topics. Some of the major subjects of discussion for this survey are religion and Christianity, politics and government, current events, and international relations. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic and social variables. Topics of interest include: Canadian defence policy; car ownership; Christian groups uniting; curfews; defence funding; dew line military bases; discipline of children, federal elections; feelings towards people from other countries; reactions to a gold rush; John Diefenbaker's performance as Prime Minister; military power; the Pope's world conference for unity; preferred makes of cameras; preferred political parties; price predictions for six months from now; purchasing foreign goods; relations with Russia; spring fever symptoms; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included. 275 - May This Gallup poll seeks to collect the opinions of Canadians on several issues of importance to the country as a whole. Included in this survey are discussions on religion, and several questions on foreign trade, including opinion and awareness questions. The specific countries discussed with respect to foreign trade and goods were Germany, Japan, France and Italy. Respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. Topics of interest include: American investment in Canada; Canada supporting distressed countries; Canadian businesses; car ownership; Catholic principles which are hard to accept; church attendance; diseases which are most often thought about; diseases which kill the most people; federal elections; buying German goods; the government's overall performance; income tax levels; buying Italian goods; buying Japanese goods; purchasing and opinions of foreign goods; recognition of China's communist government; preferred political parties; Protestant principles which are hard to accept; provincial elections; union membership; voting behaviour; whether women are better looking now than in the past; and whether women should be able to work in the Ministry. Basic demographics variables are also included. 276 - July This Gallup poll aims to collect the opinions of Canadians on issues mostly of a political nature, of interest to the country and government. Included are questions about preferred political parties and leaders, the national budget, and voting habits and standards of living. Respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. Topics of interest include: British Royalty; budget cutbacks; the budget deficit; the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC); car ownership; federal elections; immigration; a lottery to raise money for healthcare and welfare; major problems facing the government; the national budget; political party word association; preferred political parties; standard of living changes; union membership; opinions towards the United States; voting behaviour; and what it means to be Canadian. Basic demographics variables are also included. 278 - September This Gallup poll aims to seek the opinions of Canadians on a wide variety of topics, with the subjects ranging from compact cars and space exploration to mercy killing, Canadian titles for British Royalty, and the reading habits of Canadians. There are also multiple sections involving labour unions. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. The topics of interest include: car ownership; Canadian and European compact cars; federal elections; fines for jay walking; grocery stamps; Khrushchev visiting America with good intentions; living in the scientific age; mercy killing; power of labour unions; preferred political parties; whether the Queen's baby should receive a Canadian title at the age of 21; railroad workers wage increase; reading books; space exploration; strike of railroad workers; union membership; voting behaviour; and world war predictions. Basic demographics variables are also included. 279 - November This Gallup poll aims to collect the views and opinions of the past decade (1950-1959), and the opinions and predictions for the future, of Canadians. The issues discussed focus mainly on current events both in Canada and around the world. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. Topics of interest include: Canadians' improving attitudes; car ownership; family issues; the federal election; how happy the respondents' marriages are; peace with Russia; predictions for the future; union membership; the United Nations; urgent problems facing government; voting behaviour; and wishes for the next decade. Basic demographics variables are also included.The codebook for this dataset is available through the UBC Library catalogue, with call number HN110.Z9 P84.
We use a field experiment to evaluate the impact of two informational get-out-the-vote (GOTV) campaigns to boost female electoral participation in rural areas of Paraguay. We find that public rallies have a small and insignificant effect either on registration or voter turnout in the 2013 presidential elections. Households that received door-to-door canvasing treatment (D2D) are 4.6 percentage points more likely to vote. Experimental variation on the intensity of the treatment at the locality level allows us to estimate spillover effects, which are present in localities that are geographically more concentrated, which may favor social interactions and diffusion of information. Reinforcement effects to the already treated population are twice as large as diffusion effects to the untreated. Our results underscore the importance of taking into account urbanization patterns when designing informational campaigns.
In Sweden a referendum concerning prohibition was held on the 27 August 1922. This data collection contains information for all electoral districts in Sweden and includes information on the total number of persons entitled to vote in the referendum, number of persons who actually voted, number of yes- and no-votes respectively and number of invalid ballots. Since the gender of the voter was noted on the ballot it is also possible to get the distribution on men and women respectively. There is also a separate file containing information on postal voting on county level.
While you are unable to come in and visit our gallery, please enjoy using the online additions to our current exhibition. Virginia suffragists were a remarkable group of talented and dedicated women who have largely been forgotten. They were artists and writers, business and professional women, and educators and reformers who marched in parades, rallied at the state capitol, spoke to crowds on street corners, staffed booths at state and county fairs, lobbied legislators and congressmen, picketed the White House, and even went to jail. At the centenary of woman suffrage, these remarkable women are at last recognized for their important achievements and contributions.
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This dataset consists of year-wise women candidates contested in assembly election of Andhra Pradesh. It consists of other details like constituencies name, age, party name, party symbol, votes secured and the position after final result
The Politbarometer has been conducted since 1977 on an almost monthly basis by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen on behalf of the Second German Television (ZDF). Since 1990, this database has also been available for the new German states. The survey focuses on the opinions and attitudes of the voting-age population in the Federal Republic on current political issues, parties, politicians, and voting behavior. From 1990 to 1995 and from 1999 onward, the Politbarometer surveys were conducted separately both in the newly formed eastern and in the western German states (Politbarometer East and Politbarometer West). The separate monthly surveys of a year are integrated into a cumulative data set that includes all surveys of a year and all variables of the respective year. Starting in 2003, the Politbarometer short surveys, collected with varying frequency throughout the year, are integrated into the annual cumulation.
January: Intent to participate in the election; party
preference (first vote and second vote, ballot procedure, rank order
procedure); behaviour at the polls in the last Federal Parliament
election; sympathy scale for the parties and selected politicians;
satisfaction with the Federal Government and opposition parties; the
right people in leading positions; judgement on the pension increase;
knowledge about the significance of 8 May (end of war); attitude to an
official commemoration on this day and preferred content of such an
event; attitude to court divorce procedures; significance of reasons
for divorce for the right to support of a spouse; preferred conduct of
the Greens or the SPD in view of a government coalition; attitude to
the Greens in Federal Parliament; judgement on the situation of the
pensioners; assessment of the future security of pensions; pension
increases tied to wages; attitude to freeway tolls.
February: Intent to participate in the election; party preference (first vote and second vote, ballot procedure, rank order procedure); behaviour at the polls in the last Federal Parliament election; sympathy scale for the parties and selected politicians; satisfaction with the Federal Government and opposition parties; satisfaction with the political system in the Federal Republic; judgement on economic development in the Federal Republic; attitude to a man or a woman as boss; assumed occupational equal opportunities for men and women; attitude to employment of mothers with young children; assumed actual parity of pay for men and women; attitude to parity of pay; attitude to women in political positions of leadership; judgement on actual equal status of men and women the Federal Republic; judgement on the driving qualities of women in comparison to men; trust in a woman as pilot; acceptance of the argument of the cold wave for increased unemployment figures; expected development of unemployment; judgement on the security of peace in Europe.
March: Intent to participate in the election; party preference (first vote and second vote, ballot procedure, rank order procedure); behaviour at the polls in the last Federal Parliament election; sympathy scale for the parties and selected politicians; satisfaction with the Federal Government and opposition parties; the right people in leading positions; judgement on current and future economic situation of the Federal Republic; judgement on development of political tasks and problems since the last Federal Parliament election and issue ability of the parties; satisfaction with one´s own weight; measures to lose weight.
April: Intent to participate in the election; party preference (first vote and second vote, ballot procedure, rank order procedure); behaviour at the polls in the last Federal Parliament election; sympathy scale for parties and selected politicians; satisfaction with the Federal Government and the opposition parties; satisfaction with the political system in the Federal Republic; judgement on economic development in the Federal Republic; attitude to more wage flexibility in re-employment of unemployed; judgement on relations with the United States; attitude to orientation of political decisions on the USA; assessment of the readiness of the two superpowers to disarm; judgement on German-Soviet relations; attitude to expansion of relations with the Soviet Union; judgement on the reliability of the Soviet Union as business partner; assumed military superiority of West or East; personal feeling of threat; knowledge about the planned military defense system in space and attitude to participation of the Federal Republic in SDI; sympathy scale for Kohl, Mitterrand, Thatcher and Reagan.
May: Intent to participate in the election; party preference (first vote and second vote, ballot procedure, rank order procedure); behaviour at the polls in the last Federal Parliament election; sympathy scale for the parties and selected politicians; satisfaction with the Federal Government and opposition parties; the right people in leading positions;...
This dataset covers ballots 310, 312-15, spanning January, June, September-November 1965. The dataset contains the data resulting from these polls in ASCII. The ballots are as follows: 310 - January This Gallup poll aims to collect the opinions of Canadians on a variety of issues important to the country and government. Some of the questions are about politics, government, and current topics of interest to Canadians, including capital punishment, marriage and juvenile delinquency. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. Topics of interest include: advertising on television and radio; the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (C.B.C.); capital punishment; Diefenbaker's performance as opposition leader; education funding; fairness in collecting taxes; federal elections; juvenile delinquency; predictions for the next world war; Pearson's performance as Prime Minister; product quality; proposing for marriage; opinions towards provincial governments; opinions towards the size of Canada's population; how the new leadership of the Soviet Union is going to affect international relations; tax levels; union membership; the United Nations' peacekeeping chances; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included. 312 - June This Gallup poll aims to collect the opinions of Canadians on important political issues, both within Canada and abroad. Included are questions about political parties and leaders, and current events topics, such as abortion, birth control, and American involvement in Viet Nam. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. Topics of interest include: American intervention in Viet Nam; birth control approval; Canada Pension Plan age eligibility; church attendance; the Conservative party; country Canada is most closely tied with; curfew for kids under 16; doctors reporting unfit drivers; Expo '67 interest; federal elections; whether the respondents have heard of gallup polls; languages taught in schools; legalizing abortion; the Liberal party; most important freedoms; the New Democratic Party; predictions for political parties; Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism's performance; Social Credit party; union membership; union of the Anglican and the United church; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included. 313 - September This Gallup poll intends to collect the opinions of Canadians. The main theme of the survey questions is politics, with most questions relating either to political parties or leaders, or issues that are of importance to the government and Canadians in general. Respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. Topics of interest include: civil service strikes; compulsory Medicare; Diefenbaker's performance as leader of the opposition; federal elections; immigration of skilled workers to Canada; whether inflation is dangerous or not; if the Liberal party is favouring a certain group; whether a minority government is good for the nation; attitudes towards mothers in law; Pearson's performance as Prime Minister; preferred political parties; price and wage freezes; opinions of school officials hitting pupils; union membership; the United Nations' problems with Peacekeeping; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included. 314 - October This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians on issues of importance to the country and government. This survey has a strong interest in politics, elections and votings, due to the fact that it was conducted prior to an election. Most of the questions are about voting habits, preferred parties, and political leaders. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic and social variables. Topics of interest include: car ownership; causes of high prices; whether Diefenbaker or Pearson would be better for national unity; whether farmers are getting a fair deal from the government; federal elections; the importance of a majority government; preferred political parties; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included. 315 - November This Gallup poll aims to collect the opinions and views of Canadians on issues of importance to the country. The survey questions are predominantly politically based, asking about preferred leaders and parties, as well as about other issues important to the country and government. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. Topics of interest include: Canada's relations with the United States; car ownership; causes of high prices; economic conditions; federal elections; French/English relations; which leader would be best for national unity; which political parties are best fo certain groups; whether Russia would side with China or the United States in a war; the success of political campaigns; union membership; voting behaviour; and whether women should be given equal opportunity for jobs. Basic demographics variables are also included.The codebook for this dataset is available through the UBC Library catalogue, with call number HN110.Z9 P84.
This Gallup poll seeks to collect the opinions of Canadians on several issues of importance to the country as a whole. Included in this survey are discussions on religion, and several questions on foreign trade, including opinion and awareness questions. The specific countries discussed with respect to foreign trade and goods were Germany, Japan, France and Italy. Respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. Topics of interest include: American investment in Canada; Canada supporting distressed countries; Canadian businesses; car ownership; Catholic principles which are hard to accept; church attendance; diseases which are most often thought about; diseases which kill the most people; federal elections; buying German goods; the government's overall performance; income tax levels; buying Italian goods; buying Japanese goods; purchasing and opinions of foreign goods; recognition of China's communist government; preferred political parties; Protestant principles which are hard to accept; provincial elections; union membership; voting behaviour; whether women are better looking now than in the past; and whether women should be able to work in the Ministry. Basic demographics variables are also included.
Scholarship on women voters in the United States has focused on the gender gap showing that women are more likely to vote for Democratic Party candidates than men since the 1980s. The persistence of the gender gap has nurtured the conclusion that women are Democrats. This article presents evidence upending that conventional wisdom. Data from the American National Election Study are analyzed to demonstrate that white women are the only group of female voters who support Republican Party candidates for president. They have done so by a majority in all but 2 of the last 18 elections. The relevance of race for partisan choice among women voters is estimated with data collected in 2008, 2012, and 2016, and the significance of being white is identified after accounting for political party identification and other predictors.