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Related: About this forumParents of daughters support Hillary Clinton more than parents of sons
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Parents of daughters support Hillary Clinton more than parents of sons
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By Michael Tesler January 5 at 8:00 AM
REUTERS/Mike Blake
Hillary Clinton has strongly embraced the historic nature of her bid to become the first woman president. Unlike her 2008 campaign, she has already made several gender-based appeals in the months leading up to the primaries.
Clinton even began the first Democratic presidential debate back in October by using her introductory remarks to remind Americans that with her in the White House, finally fathers will be able to say to their daughters, You, too, can grow up to be president.
Clintons message about shattering the highest and hardest glass ceiling for all of the daughters in the country should have resonated with their parents. After all, a number of social science studies show that parents of daughters are more supportive of feminist positions than parents of only sons.
This effect of having daughters on political beliefs extends, remarkably, all the way up to the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Adam Glynn and Maya Sen have found that conditional on the number of children a judge has, judges with daughters consistently vote in a more feminist fashion on gender issues than judges who have only sons.
In light of those findings, we might also expect parents of daughters to be especially supportive of Hillary Clintons campaign to become the first female presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.
Thats exactly what these results show:
Graph by Michael Tesler
The analyses above combine the five biweekly YouGov/Economist surveys conducted since Joe Biden announced he would not run for president. Taken together, these data reveal a large effect of childs sex on support for Hillary Clinton.
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Parents of daughters support Hillary Clinton more than parents of sons (Original Post)
riversedge
Jan 2016
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SunSeeker
(51,630 posts)1. We're parents of a young son, and we support Hillary.
We think she is the best person for the job.
Treant
(1,968 posts)2. No Children--and both for Hillary.
We also think she's the best person for the job.
Ellen Forradalom
(16,160 posts)3. Not too surprised
Sometimes the light bulb doesn't flicker on until a daughter arrives, and some nagging thoughts about her chances in life ensue.
Hekate
(90,768 posts)4. Astonishing!
greiner3
(5,214 posts)5. So gender does matter
Gothmog
(145,479 posts)6. I love this research-thanks for posting
I am the father of one son and two daughters and I support Hillary Clinton