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PRESS RELEASE: Gender Justice Among Top Concerns for Harris and Trump Voters

Washington, D.C. — Voters strongly endorse federal action on key gender justice issues, according to new polling data collected immediately after the Election Day by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC). The findings also indicate widespread concern for the future wellbeing of women and girls, regardless of political affiliation.

To read the full polling result memo, click here.

“Our polling shows that voters across party lines overwhelmingly want the federal government to prioritize gender justice issues that would improve the lives of women and their families,” said Uma Iyer, chief external affairs officer at NWLC. “As armchair pundits rush to analyze the outcome of this election, they must not lose sight of the fact that policies such as guaranteeing access to affordable caregiving and closing the gender pay gap are of real concern to voters.

“These aren’t niche issues — they resonate deeply with voters because they are central to people’s lives, their futures, and their safety. Elected leaders and the media can no longer ignore the real economic and societal struggles that women, girls, communities of color, and working families are facing. While this country may be divided on their preference for President, we are undoubtedly united in our desire to create a future where women, girls, and other communities can thrive.”

Key Issues Voters Want Federal Action On:

Several issues emerged as top priorities across party lines, education levels, income brackets, gender, and racial backgrounds:

• Ensuring Access to Affordable Long-Term Care: An overwhelming 88% of voters ranked guaranteeing affordable elder and disability care as “very” or “somewhat” important.
• Creating Fair Job Opportunities: 86% of voters ranked creating jobs that offer fair wages, good benefits, and predictable work schedules as “very” or “somewhat” important.
• Ending Harassment in Workplaces and Schools: 83% of voters ranked ensuring freedom from sexual and other unlawful harassment in professional and educational settings as “very” or “somewhat” important.

Voter Concerns:

The polling also highlights significant anxieties among voters about broader societal issues:

• Financial Security: 89% of voters expressed concern about their own financial stability and that of their families in the coming years.
• Future Generations: 81% voters expressed concern about the well-being of future generations of women and girls.

Below is a table showing how three of the surveyed groups ranked their support for gender justice priorities and which presidential candidate they vote for:

The results clearly show that regardless of which presidential candidate they voted for, people in the United States want a government that prioritizes policies addressing both immediate economic needs and long-term societal inequities.

The survey included 2,000 respondents nationally who said they voted in the 2024 general election. It also includes findings based on oversamples of voters from specific demographic groups, and from Michigan and Wisconsin. In each of those states, voters were split in their support for president — 49 percent reported voting for Harris, 50 percent for Trump — but large majorities ranked their top concerns being about financial security, the well-being of future generations of women and girls, and racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination.