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Young women and men are diverging on politics. Why this gender gap matters.

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Every presidential election since 1980 has had a gender gap.

Polls show a majority of female voters prefer Vice President Kamala Harris .

Among the youngest subset of voters, that gap is looking more like a chasm.

Trend could impact far more than this election suggesting a future red-blue divide shaped more by gender than geography.

A Gallup analysis found that women between the ages of 18 and 29 lurched leftward during the Trump and Biden administrations on the issues of abortion rights, the environment, and guns.

Between 2001 and 2016 , around 30% of young women self-identified as “liberal,” a rate that was 3 to 5 points higher than for young men.

Between 2017 and 2024 , that number went up to 40% 15 points above their male counterparts.

Democrats could be doing more to highlight the Biden administration’s infrastructure bill, says Reeves .

Reeves: “Young men are struggling in ways that are different to young women” The Erie Democrats ’ event is not meant to be a “women only” event, says Clear.