New polls now appear to indicate that Vice President Harris is encountering a significant obstacle in her efforts to recruit male voters.
In critical states like Pennsylvania, Nevada, and North Carolina, she is losing men by a greater margin than she is winning women.
The gender disparity between Democrats and Republicans is not a recent phenomenon; however, it is becoming increasingly apparent in the closely contested presidential election.
The issues that former President Trump faced with female voters are widely recognized.
New polls indicate that Harris is experiencing an equal amount of difficulty with male voters in certain states.
At the Democratic convention in Chicago last month, Harris and her political team largely downplayed her chances of becoming the first woman elected president, and political experts say that male voters in certain regions of the country remain hesitant to elect a woman to the Oval Office.
In 2016, Trump’s margin of victory over Hillary in the male vote was 11 percentage points, with 41 percent to 52 percent. Conversely, Hillary secured the female vote by 13 percentage points, with 54 percent to 41 percent.
The Trump campaign has attempted to capitalize on the gender gap by heavily advertising in battleground states, with a concentration on the economy, inflation, illegal immigration, and crime, in order to appeal to younger male voters.
Harris’s support among male voters is declining in California, a Democratic stronghold, according to a recent survey conducted by The Hill/Emerson College Polling.
However, she continues to maintain a substantial advantage over Trump among California’s liberal-leaning men.
Harris has experienced a significant decline in male support.
The 30-point advantage she previously held among California male electors has been reduced to a 20-point advantage.
According to The Hill/Emerson poll, Trump currently maintains a 26-point advantage among men in Ohio, which is significantly greater than Harris’s 3-point advantage among women.
Since 2020, Trump has expanded his advantage among Ohio’s male voters by six percentage points.
The survey revealed that Trump maintains a 12-point advantage among men in Florida, while Harris maintains a 2-point advantage among women. In 2020, Trump maintained a nine-point lead among male voters in the state.
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