AP US Government and Politics

How big was the gender gap in the most recent U.S. presidential election?

1. How accurate was your prediction?

2. What most surprised you about this data?

3. What questions do you have about this data?

4. What trends do you see in the data?

5. Why do you think that is?

6. What is one consequence of the gender gap?

7. What year had the biggest gender gap?

8. What are two reasons that women and men vote differently?

9. More women vote than men and women preferred Clinton to Trump at the same rate that men preferred Trump to Clinton. Explain why Clinton lost.

10. Is this good news?

11. How will the results represented in the chart above affect the policy coming out of the victor's administration?

12. What do you think this chart will look like over the next 20 years?

13. Was there something unique to this year's election that caused the gender gap to grow so large?

14. In which election years did the president win both the male and female vote?

15. Based on the list below of the presidential winners and parties from 1972-2016, and the gender gap chart above, which gender was responsible for more victories over the years 1972-2016?

1972-Nixon-R

1976-Carter-D

1980-Reagan-R

1984-Reagan-R

1988-H.W. Bush-R

1992-Clinton-D

1996-Clinton-D

2000-W. Bush-R

2004-W. Bush-R

2008-Obama-D

2012-Obama-D

2016-Trump-R

Learning Extension

Check out all the charts and analysis of the 2016 election from the Pew Research Center.

Action Extension

Ask 5 women and 5 men who they voted for or would have voted for if they were eligible. Compare your results with the results in the chart above and share your analysis on social media or in class.