Voter’s Influence
All past presidents were male but this year Hillary Clinton had her second chance to become the president of the Unites States, however the male candidate won yet again. Some are furious and even believe that she lost because she is a women. The lack of female politicians have raised questions if gender still influences voters decisions. In the United States the gender does affect a voter's behavior because of sexism, unconscious responses, and stereotypes, Today there are female senators, governors and justices, but never a chief in command.
When it becomes voting time males and females choose certain candidates for a high authority figure, and they might not even know it. Voters look for different amounts of information from women candidates than from men ( Ditonto 336). Which in turns affects overall vote decision. The first thing that voters notice is sex and then draw conclusion on that ( Dolan 96). When women are seen seeking leadership positions and displaying masculine traits, it draws resistance from the people (Bush ). Voting for males or females is an involuntary response and can deeply affect an election especially to positions …show more content…
I conducted a personal survey from ages 15-50. The first question ask what qualities are most associated with presidents. The second is which qualities are associated with women. The results show that qualities associated with women are none of the qualities that were associated with the president. This shows that people don't see women having qualities needed to be a president. Looking at survey results, 100% say that gender does not affect their voting decision. However, when given questions as to what they look in a president, the qualities lean towards males. A president needs to make tough calls and put all emotion aside and the American people don't see females making these call whether they know it or
All past presidents were male but this year Hillary Clinton had her second chance to become the president of the Unites States, however the male candidate won yet again. Some are furious and even believe that she lost because she is a women. The lack of female politicians have raised questions if gender still influences voters decisions. In the United States the gender does affect a voter's behavior because of sexism, unconscious responses, and stereotypes, Today there are female senators, governors and justices, but never a chief in command.
When it becomes voting time males and females choose certain candidates for a high authority figure, and they might not even know it. Voters look for different amounts of information from women candidates than from men ( Ditonto 336). Which in turns affects overall vote decision. The first thing that voters notice is sex and then draw conclusion on that ( Dolan 96). When women are seen seeking leadership positions and displaying masculine traits, it draws resistance from the people (Bush ). Voting for males or females is an involuntary response and can deeply affect an election especially to positions …show more content…
I conducted a personal survey from ages 15-50. The first question ask what qualities are most associated with presidents. The second is which qualities are associated with women. The results show that qualities associated with women are none of the qualities that were associated with the president. This shows that people don't see women having qualities needed to be a president. Looking at survey results, 100% say that gender does not affect their voting decision. However, when given questions as to what they look in a president, the qualities lean towards males. A president needs to make tough calls and put all emotion aside and the American people don't see females making these call whether they know it or