How the gender gap could impact the presidential race

The tightly contested 2024 statesmanlike predetermination could beryllium defined by nan gender spread pinch Vice President Kamala Harris polling amended among women, according to a CBS News canvass from precocious October. 

Recent CBS News polling shows nan race betwixt Harris and erstwhile President Donald Trump is simply a toss-up successful 7 battleground states arsenic much than 78 cardinal Americans person already voted up of Election Day connected Tuesday.

Harris is counting connected suburban women to thief her triumph nan statesmanlike election. She received unexpected thief from immoderate longtime Republicans pinch the Women4U.S. group, an statement aimed astatine outreach to blimpish women. 

Stephanie Sharp, a co-founder of nan organization, is simply a self-proclaimed lifelong conservative. This twelvemonth though, Sharp is urging chap Republican women to ballot for Harris.

"We'll nonstop Donald Trump packing, and past we tin statesman to person conversations again that are productive and person discuss connected issues that are important to each of us," Sharp said.

Her connection is for women turned disconnected by nan erstwhile president's rhetoric toward women and his domiciled successful reversing nan landmark Supreme Court determination Roe v. Wade.

Trump precocious said astatine a campaign extremity successful Wisconsin, "I want to protect nan women of our country… Whether nan women for illustration it aliases not, I'm going to protect them."

In Pennsylvania, nan statement is targeting voters successful nan Philadelphia suburbs who helped President Biden triumph nan authorities 4 years ago.

"There are, again, hundreds of thousands of Republican women retired location who are fresh to ballot extracurricular their party, but they don't want to talk astir it," Jennifer Horn, main strategist for Women4U.S., said.

Across battleground states, Post-it notes are popping up successful women's bath stalls, aimed astatine nan alleged silent Harris supporters.

Campaign ads, including 1 narrated by character Julia Roberts, punctual voters that their ballot is private.

Some Trump supporters are skeptical of polling that shows Harris pinch a large lead among women. They opportunity it's astir policy, not personality.

"We're not going location pinch him. We are not sitting and eating astatine nan eating room array pinch him each night, but his actions speak louder than words and his actions are much aligned pinch my faith, pinch my family and nan values that we clasp dear," Beth Scolis, a Trump supporter, said.

A elder Trump run charismatic told CBS News that moreover if Harris performs amended pinch women, they deliberation Trump's fame among men is much impactful. 

On nan last time of nan campaign, Trump will run successful North Carolina and Pennsylvania, earlier holding his past rally successful Michigan. Harris will crisscross Pennsylvania, a cardinal battleground pinch 19 electoral votes. She has planned events successful Allentown, Reading and Pittsburgh, earlier her last rally successful Philadelphia. 

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• Voter Turnout
• Pennsylvania
• Women
• Kamala Harris
• Democratic Party
• Donald Trump
• Republican Party
• White House
• 2024 Elections