2024-10-24
12 分钟On today’s show: The Wall Street Journal on how the gender gap became a defining feature of the Harris-Trump race. And Politico reports on why that gap is growing. Washington Post reporter Evan Halper explains how oil lobbyists are preparing for — and pouring money into — a possible Trump victory so they can dismantle landmark Biden-era climate rules. Plus: The Guardian reports on how it could take Gaza’s economy an estimated 350 years to return to its prewar level. USA Today examines an education mystery: why fewer high schoolers went to college this fall. And Bloomberg Businessweek looks at how Home Depot’s 12-foot skeletons spawned an industry of giant Halloween decor. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.
Good morning.
It's Thursday, October 24th.
I'm Sumita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, the oil industry's blueprint to roll back climate regulations, the surprising decline in college enrollment, and how the 12 foot skeleton disrupted the Halloween market.
But first, we're in the final stretch of the presidential campaigns, and one of the biggest divisions in this election is almost surely going to fall along gender lines.
In recent national polling, Harris is leading with women anywhere from 13 to 16%.
Trump, on the other hand, is leading among men anywhere from high single digits to up to 16 points overall.
Now, it's typical that we see gender gaps between the parties in presidential elections, but if these current numbers hold, the spread could be historic.
With me to explain what all of this means is my colleague Gideon Resnick.
Hey, Gideon.
Hey, Shmita.
So first, what do we know is accounting for this huge spread between men and women?
There are a lot of factors here.
First, to state the obvious, Harris is a woman.
And if she wins, she will be the first woman president.
And the Harris campaign is trying to make her candidacy a referendum on reproductive rights, which does seem to be resonating with women voters.
The message is effectively, Republicans do not trust you to make your own decisions, but Democrats do.
And you'll hear Harris and her campaign talking about this in the context of freedom, which is something that they've been driving home consistently.
And they look at places like Michigan, where abortion was on the ballot in the same election cycle as Governor Gretchen Whitmer when she was up for reelection in 2022.