Women are voting early. Will they deliver the election for Kamala Harris?
LA TimesPeople stand in line during the last day of early voting, Nov. 2, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. “I think women will decide this election,” said Katherine Tate, a professor of political science at Brown University, arguing that women have long voted in greater numbers than men and were strongly against Trump. “I’m really very wary of reading too much into early voting,” said Sarah Niebler, an associate professor of political science at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. Niebler expects women overall to vote in higher percentages for Harris and men to vote in higher percentages for Trump, but she said the gender gap in turnout would probably narrow. When Marc Cuban, a wealthy businessman who supports Harris, last week said Trump is never seen around “strong, intelligent women” because they intimidate him, some Republican women struck back. “I’m so thankful because you were the catalyst.” In an interview, Jotaka Eaddy, the founder of the group, said that Black women have always played a strong role voting for Democrats.