Commentary: Elizabeth Warren was caught in the electability trap
by Robb Willer, Marianne Cooper and Christianne Corbett, Los Angeles Times
Mar 12, 2020
3 minutes
Are Americans ready for a woman president? The Democratic primaries suggest the answer is "no." Despite an initial field including four distinguished women, all senators with strong favorability ratings among Democratic voters, the field has already coalesced around two white men in their late 70s.
There is good reason to assume this outcome results from gender bias. Indeed, research consistently finds that Americans' views of who should lead are deeply influenced by gender, with people generally viewing men as a better match for leadership than women. This sort of
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