Both the male and female Democratic candidates showed last week that they agree on one key fact about the race for the presidency: Winning over women is essential.
will be the most influential constituencies in the primaries.
But women running to be president in 2020 are also fighting to win female voters. They just face a different challenge: convincing them a woman is electable. Warren, who of course has lots of plans to improve women's lives, wasn't asked about them. Apparently operating under a do-no-harm mandate, she accomplished her goal of holding on to her lead and continuing her steady rise. Klobuchar, who has a stellar record on women's rights, hewed to her"heartland" strategy. When your target voter is blue-collar white men, you're not going to trumpet your feminism.
Gillibrand was compelling on defending reproductive freedom and effectively presented the feminist centerpiece of her candidacy, the Family Bill of Rights. However, despite a commanding performance, she was soon upstaged.
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