Trump emphasizes masculinity to appeal to young male voters
Obama and others appeal to “men to vote for female candidates”
There have always been concerns that male voters will not support Vice President Kamala Harris because she is a woman, but it has rarely been raised publicly. Additionally, Vice President Harris has not emphasized that she is a female candidate throughout the election campaign.
However, as election day approached, Vice President Harris’s supporters began to appeal more directly to male voters to overcome rampant gender discrimination.
Former President Barack Obama tried to persuade black men, saying, “Some people do not like the idea of a woman becoming president.” “Be the men who vote for women,” actor Ed O’Neill implores in a new ad. Vice President Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, also emphasizes the slogan “Men supporting Harris (Hombres con Harris)” in Spanish, targeting male Hispanic voters.
Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, said, “Harris can’t directly say, ‘Aren’t you embarrassed?’ “There are many reasons why other people need to step up for us,” he said. “It’s sad, but we need outside help.”
Former President Obama is the most representative example. While campaigning in Pittsburgh on the night of the 10th, he stopped by Harris’ campaign office and revealed that it is true that some black male voters are not active in supporting Harris.
He said, “There are people who support other candidates or find reasons to support other candidates because they do not look favorably on a woman becoming president. If you decide not to vote or support someone who has a history of insulting you, do you see that as a sign of strength or a symbol of masculinity? Looking down on women? “You can’t do that,” he said.
Keith Edmondson (63), a black man who participated in Vice President Harris’ campaign in Arizona, said he was worried about whether young black men would support Harris. He added that he is trying to convince his three grandchildren to support Harris even though his son supports former President Donald Trump.
◆Rumors about Harris, a former prosecutor, block support for black men
He said that because of the rumors about Harris, a former prosecutor, “there are more black people supporting Donald Trump than you think.”
Trump has always degraded women. At a rally in Reading, Pennsylvania this week, Trump said of Harris’ appearance on ABC’s “The View”: “I’m realizing that Harris is dumb. “There should not be another dumb president,” he said. Trump also called the ABC host a “dumb woman” on social media.
Trump has focused on podcasts and interviews, which are popular among young men, and when he appeared at the Republican National Convention last summer, he did so with the James Brown song “It’s a Man’s World.” The entire convention, including the appearance of wrestlers, was decorated with the concept of emphasizing masculinity.
Harris is the first female presidential candidate of color, but unlike 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, she does not emphasize this.
At last summer’s Democratic National Convention, Harris highlighted her career as a prosecutor and said the United States “has the most powerful and lethal fighting force in the world.”
Director Wilsey pointed out, “Harris was speaking to people who were uncomfortable or did not believe that a woman could become a top leader at the time.”
According to an AP Boatcast poll, 53% of all voters in 2020 were women and 47% were men. In that year’s election, more men supported Trump and more women supported President Joe Biden.
Opinion polls show that electing a female president is not a key issue for either men or women. In particular, men do not believe that electing a female president is important.
When asked in a Pew Research Center poll last year how important it was to elect a woman as president, only 18% of American adults said it was very or very important, while about 64% said it was not very important or not at all important or very important. answered that gender is not a problem. In this survey, 73% of men and 57% of women answered this question.
Among key voters, male support for Harris falls short of female support. A public opinion poll was released on the 11th showing that the majority of Hispanic women view Harris positively and Trump negatively, but the majority of Hispanic men view the issue more than half.
Harris’ campaign refutes claims that Harris is unable to persuade male voters. Rather, Candidate Harris stated that she is trying to reach out to male voters more directly, praising the efforts of her major male supporters, and running election advertisements in time for key sporting events.
The election campaign says it can persuade men on key issues such as the economy rather than directly appealing to masculinity.
Harris has appeared on the cover of “Vogue” magazine, which is popular among young women, and appeared on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, as well as on a show hosted by popular black male radio host Charlamagne Tha Kat. did it
Senior Harris campaign officials admitted, however, that they were concerned about the large number of white, Hispanic, and black female voters who supported Trump. They also know that Trump’s unusual emphasis on “bro” culture is working with some younger voters.
To respond to this, Governors Harris and Walz are scheduled to make intensive appearances in male-dominated media in the final stages of the election.
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