The first round of Democratic debates courted female voters. The second is ignoring them.

Vox | Anna North

Advocates and experts in gender and politics also noticed the absence. Betsy Fischer Martin, the executive director of the Women and Politics Institute at American University, tweeted that with 15 minutes left in the debate, candidates had not gotten a single question on reproductive rights, pay equity, or child care.

We have :15 minutes left in #DemDebate and even with three women on the stage (plus one female moderator) we’ve had no questions on gender, pay equity, child care, reproductive rights, caregiving, etc. #genderontheballot @onGender

— Betsy Fischer Martin (@BFischerMartin) July 31, 2019

 

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