I Didn’t See It Coming – Belle & Sebastian
Today in c’mon folks, think for a second, we’re talking about the gender gap. A couple things:
First, when one poll comes out which tells you that the gender gap is non-existent, the correct response is not to run stories about The End of the Gender Gap. The correct response is to assume that polls which are wild outliers are, you know, OUTLIERS.
Frankly, any article that is premised on the idea that a single poll can provide useful information about The State of the Race is just ridiculous. We have eight daily tracking polls these days and a ton of other national and state polls. I realize we are starved for definitive news but single polls at this point are just not news.
Second, when talking about the ‘gender gap’ it would be nice if you didn’t phrase it in terms that imply men are ‘normal’ voters while women vote based on identity. Unless you have some actual reason to think that is true in a specific case, then the claim is, well, kind of sexist.
It’s a pretty common trope, where whatever white guys are voting is the standard against which everything else is measured, and it’s not really that surprising that it lingers. But it’s still aggravating.