The “gender gap” between the two parties is at least 40 years old by now, though the fact that women vote more Democratic than men is always portrayed by the media as a Republican problem, but why don’t Democrats ever have a men problem? Anyway, the real gap may not be gender, but marital status. This is suddenly germane in this election cycle because of child-bearing, cat ladies and something something, Project 2025, Handmaid’s Tale, etc. Social science data show that married people are happier than single people, and tend to vote more Republican.
Here’s the latest from Gallup showing that there is a “marriage gap” opening up between the two parties, and it started opening up when the “gender gap” first started being noticed in election results.
