That Democrat presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris has trouble appealing to men is hardly a secret. Her appeal to men was so deficient that Tim Walz was chosen to be her running mate over Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro because Walz was perceived as more of a “man’s man.” If you are a man and lose a comparison like that, you might as well opt for sex change surgery.
“They saw him as a man’s man, and I think the idea was that he is somebody who could connect with these very alienated male voters who feel that the trend of national policy in recent years has been very much tilted in favor of women,” [Ross K. Baker, a professor of political science at Rutgers University] said.
To understand the scope of the problem, we need to look at the last two presidential elections.
As a baseline for comparison, in 2016, Donald Trump won 46.1% of the vote (306 electoral votes) and Hillary Clinton won 48.2% (232 electoral votes). Men went for Trump 52 to 41 percent (11 points), while women voted for Hillary by 54 to 39 percent (15 points).
There was a similar effect in 2020. Trump won the male vote by 53 to 45 percent (8 points), and Biden won the female vote by 57 to 42 percent (15 points) while losing the election by 46.8% to 51/3% and the electoral college vote 232 to 306. […]
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