{"id":38317,"date":"2023-09-27T05:57:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T10:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2023\/09\/27\/views-of-having-a-woman-president\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T18:40:09","slug":"views-of-having-a-woman-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2023\/09\/27\/views-of-having-a-woman-president\/","title":{"rendered":"3. Views of having a woman president"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The survey asked whether a woman president would be better, worse, or neither better nor worse than a man when it comes to several leadership traits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For each trait asked about, majorities say that a woman president would be neither better nor worse or that the president\u2019s gender doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who do see a gender difference, larger shares say a woman president would be better than say she would be worse than a man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some 39% say a woman president would be better at working out compromises<\/em>. A similar share (37%) say a woman would be better at maintaining a respectful tone in politics<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About a third say a woman president would be better than a man at being honest and ethical<\/em> (34%) and standing up for what she believes in, despite political pressure <\/em>(32%). Some 27% say a woman would be better at working well under pressure<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By gender<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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By 11 percentage points or more, women are more likely than men to say that a woman president would be somewhat or a lot better than a man at every leadership trait asked about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are particularly large differences between the shares of men and women who say a woman president would be better at working out compromises<\/em> and working well under pressure<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly half of women (47%) say a woman president would be better at working out compromises. <\/em>A notably smaller share of men (30%) say the same. And women are twice as likely as men to say that a woman president would be a lot or somewhat better at working well under pressure <\/em>(36% vs. 18%).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By partisanship<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Democrats and Democratic leaners are more likely than Republicans and Republican leaners to say a woman president would do a lot or somewhat better than a man at each leadership trait. By 18 percentage points, Democrats are more likely to say a woman president would be better at working out compromises<\/em>, maintaining a respectful tone in politics<\/em>,and being honest and ethical.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though greater shares of Democrats say a woman president would be better at these leadership traits, about one-in-five or more Republicans say a woman president would be better than a man at each of the traits asked about. These shares are larger than the shares of Republicans who say a woman would be worse than a man at most of these traits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gender differences among Republicans and Democrats<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Within each party, women are more likely than men to say that a woman president would be a lot or somewhat better than a man at each leadership trait. Among Republicans, differences between men\u2019s and women\u2019s views are especially large when it comes to working out compromises <\/em>(22% vs. 39%) and working well under pressure <\/em>(12% vs. 29%).<\/em> There are also differences of 11 points or more in the shares of Democratic men and women who say a woman president would be better than a man at each of the traits we asked about.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On every leadership trait, Democratic women are more than twice as likely as Republican men to say that a woman president would be a lot or somewhat better than presidents who are men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similar shares of Republican women and Democratic men say a woman president would be better than a man at working out compromises <\/em>and standing up for what she believes in, despite political pressure.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only trait for which Republican women (29%) are more likely than Democratic men (24%) to say a woman would do better is working well under pressure.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How a woman president would compare with presidents who are men in handling several policy areas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Half or more of Americans say that, when it comes to handling education, health care, gun policy, economic issues, crime, and national security and defense, a woman president would be neither better nor worse than a man or that the president\u2019s gender doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among those who do see a gender difference, more say a woman president would be better than say she would be worse than a man at handling most of these policy areas. This is especially the case when it comes to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n