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What Women Want: Gender and Voting in Britain, Japan and the United States

Gill Steel
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What Women Want analyzes decades of voting preferences, values, and policy preferences to debunk some of the media and academic myths about gender gaps in voting and policy preferences. Findings show that no single theory explains when differences in women's and men's voting preferences emerge, when they do not, or when changes—or the lack thereof—occur over time. Steel extends existing theories to create a broader framework for thinking about gender and voting behavior to provide more analytical purchase in understanding gender and its varying effects on individual voters' preferences. She incorporates the long-term effects of party identification and class politics on political decision-making, particularly in how they influence preferences on social provision and on expectations of the state. She also points to the importance of symbolic politics

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • One. Does Gender Matter in Voting?
  • Two. Identifying Voter Patterns
  • Three. Women, Men, and Party Choice
  • Four. What Women (and Men) Want
  • Five. Desperately Seeking the Supervoter
  • Six. What Women Get
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A. Coding and Method
  • Appendix B. Logistic Regression Analysis of Voting in US Presidential Elections (Ref: Republican Party)
  • Appendix C. Multinomial Probit Analysis of Selected British General Elections (Ref: Labour)
  • Appendix D. Multinomial Probit Analysis of Japanese Lower House Elections
  • Index
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Published: 2022
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
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  • 978-0-472-13295-9 (hardcover)
  • 978-0-472-12991-1 (ebook)
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  • Political Science:Political Behavior and Public Opinion
  • Gender Studies

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A line graph comparing several nations’ public social spending as a percentage of their GDP between 1980 and 2018. These countries are Japan, the UK, and the United States, as well as the OECD average.

Public Social Spending as a Percent of GDP

From Chapter 4

Fig. 4.1. Public Social Spending as a Percent of GDP

A line graph comparing the percentage of public social spending as a percentage of several nations’ GDP. This includes spending on family benefits or pensions in the UK, Japan, and the United States.

Public Spending as a Percent of GDP Decomposed

From Chapter 4

Fig. 4.2. Public Social Spending as a Percent of GDP Decomposed

A line graph comparing the percentage of several nations’ public spending on family benefits in cash and services. This is between 1980 and 2016 and includes Japan, the UK, and the United States.

Public spending on family benefits in cash and services in per cent of GDP

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Fig. 4.3. Public Spending on Family Benefits in Cash and Services as a Percent of GDP

A line graph comparing Japan, the UK, and the United States public spending on early childhood education and care as a percentage of each country’s GDP between 1980 and 2016.

Public spending on early childhood education and care as a per cent of GDP

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Fig. 4.4. Public Spending on Early Childhood Education and Care as a Percent of GDP

A bar graph showing the similarities between women’s and men’s support for increasing the scope of government in different areas and subjects in Britain, the United States, and Japan, during 2017. This includes scope for the elderly; jobs for all; health care for sick, the unemployed, and students; and for decent housing.

Women's and Men's Support for Increasing the Scope of Government in 2016, Means (4 = Definitely Should)

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Fig. 4.5. Women’s and Men’s Support for Increasing the Scope of Government in 2016, Means (4 = Definitely Should)

A bar graph showing the similarities between women’s and men’s support for increasing spending on health, education, unemployment, or retirement in Britain, the United States, and Japan in 2016.

Women's and Men's Support for Increased Public Spending in 2016, Means (5 = Spend Much More)

From Chapter 4

Fig. 4.6. Women’s and Men’s Support for Increased Government Spending in 2016, Means (5 = Spend Much More).

Two line graphs showing the similarities between women’s and men’s average preferences on increasing government spending and social provision. This is for the years between 1970 and 2016 and includes government services and spending, health insurance, and government guarantee jobs.

U.S. Average Preferences on Increased Government Spending and Social Provision

From Chapter 4

Fig. 4.7. US Average Preferences on Increasing Government Spending and Social Provision

A bar graph illustrating the similarities between US women’s and men’s preferences for government services and spending, health insurance, and jobs between 1970 and 2016. Men’s preferences are subtracted from women’s preferences.

Similarities between U.S. Women’s and Men’s Preferences (Men’s Preferences Subtracted from Women' Preferences)

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Source: ANES.

A bar graph illustrating the similarities between British women’s and men’s support for increasing social spending for more social services and higher taxes. This is for the years between 1964 and 2015.

British Support for Increasing Social Spending (Means)

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Fig. 4.9. British Support for Increasing Social Spending (Means)

Two line graphs illustrating the similarities between Japanese women and men who considered social policies as part of their voting decision between 1972 and 2017. These policies include welfare, education, nursing care/medical, and pension.

Voting and Social Policy Issues in Japan

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Fig. 4.10. Japanese Who Consider Social Policy in Their Voting Decision

A bar graph showing women’s and men’s opposition to gender role division in Britain, the United States, and Japan. This was for the years between 2002 and 2012.

Women's and Men's Opposition to Gender Role Division (%)

From Chapter 4

Fig. 4.11. Women’s and Men’s Opposition to Gender Role Division (%)

A line graph showing the similarities between women’s and men’s attitudes toward gender role equality––for example, whether women’s place is in the home or women and men should have an equal role. This was for the years between 1972 and 2008.

U.S. Attitudes on Gender Role Equality (1= Women’s place is in the home; 7= Women and men should have an equal role)

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Fig. 4.12. US Attitudes on Gender Role Equality (1= Women’s place is in the home; 7 = Women and men should have an equal role)

A line graph showing the similarities between British women’s and men’s attitudes toward equality and abortion on the NHS between 1974 and 2015 and whether it has “gone too far.” Equal opportunities include those for women, Blacks, and Asians.

British Women’s and Men’s Attitudes toward Equality and Abortion on the NHS “Gone too Far” (Means)

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Fig. 4.13. British Women’s and Men’s Attitudes on Equality and Abortion on the NHS “Gone too Far” (Means)

A line graph illustrating the similarities between the percentage of US women and men who oppose abortion in all circumstances between 1972 and 2016.

U.S. Women and Men Who Oppose Abortion in All Circumstances (%)

From Chapter 4

Fig. 4.14. US Women and Men Who Oppose Abortion in All Circumstances (%)

A line graph illustrating the similar proportions of Japanese women and men who considered ethics and environment in their voting decision between 1972 and 2009. This includes pollution and the environment, or ethics and political reform

Women’s Issues? Ethics and the Environment as Voting Issues in Japan

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Fig. 4.15. Women’s Issues? Japanese Who Consider Ethics and the Environment in Their Voting Decision

A bar graph showing the similarities between British women’s and men’s views on law and order between 1974 and 2015.

British Support for Cutting Crime and Expenditure on Police

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Fig. 4.16. British Support for Cutting Crime and Expenditure on Police

A line graph illustrating the similarities between US women’s and men’s support for cutting defense spending between 1980 and 2016.

U.S. Support for Cutting Defense Spending

From Chapter 4

Fig. 4.17. US Support for Cutting Defense Spending

A bar graph illustrating the similarities between British women’s and men’s support for cutting defense spending between 1983 and 2015.

British Support for Cutting Defense Spending (Means)

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Fig. 4.18. British Support for Cutting Defense Spending (Means)

A line graph illustrating the similarities between the percentages of Japanese women and men who consider security––including either the Constitution or defense––when voting, between 1972 and 2017.

Security as a Voting Issue for Japanese Voters (%)

From Chapter 4

Fig. 4.19. Security as a Voting Issue in Japan (%)

A line graph comparing the similarities between US women’s and men’s mean evaluations of the economy between 1980 and 2016.

U.S. Citizens’ Evaluations of the Economy (Means)

From Chapter 4

Fig. 4.20. US Citizens’ Evaluations of the Economy (Means)

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