The gender gap was supposed to have been the big driver in yesterday’s historic and groundbreaking election. One campaign even famously encouraged wives to be dishonest with their husbands about how they voted.
But CNN exit polling showed the marriage gap was just as powerful in determining how citizens voted as was gender. Brad Wilcox, noted University of Virginia sociologist, posted on X, saying:
Maria Baer, Brad Wilcox, Deseret News
Dillon Burroughs, The Christian Post
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