Women showed up to vote in record numbers in the 2020 election that narrowly gave Democrats control of government over all three branches of government. For their victories up and down the ballot, Democratic candidates have women to thank—and they should do so by focusing squarely on the priorities and needs of the women who put them in office.
You may have heard of the "gender gap" in elections—often defined as the difference in the percentage of women and men supporting a specific candidate. Indeed, in the 2020 presidential election, women voted for President Biden by a margin of 55 to 44 percent. Women of color were among President Biden's strongest supporters, voting for him by even larger margins.
But the true gender gap in politics goes far beyond voters' candidate preferences. Women are the majority in this country and we have been the majority of voters in every presidential election since 1964. In 2020, we cast nearly 10 million more ballots than our male counterparts.
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