The death of ‘Women’s issues’

Published November 23, 2016 5:03am ET



If, as Madeleine Albright noted, “there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t support other women,” the 2016 election means they ought to start making space down below. Despite accounts of Donald Trump’s appalling treatment of women, the “gender gap” in the presidential election did not favor Hillary Clinton at all, with women breaking in Clinton’s favor in similar margins to how men broke for Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton famously embraced the Trump-originated label “nasty woman” as yet another way to show just how bad Donald Trump was to women. In the end, plenty of people agreed that Trump is no feminist icon or even a gentleman. But though 70 percent of voters said they were troubled by Trump’s treatment of women, three out of ten of those troubled people wound up voting for Trump anyway. It was enough to give him the election.

Already a print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account

Trusted reporting.Unlimited access.

Subscribe for full access to Washington Examiner coverage, expert political analysis, and subscriber-only journalism.

Get Unlimited Access

Already a member? Log in

Cancel anytime.