While there are such things as accurate and misleading headlines, there are also occasions when a headline may be accurate but doesn't tell the whole story. Such is the case with the recent Pew Research headline, "Most Americans say more women running for Congress is a good thing, as hope for a female president grows." Generally speaking, the headline is accurate, as the polls shows, among all adults, 61% believe more women running for Congress is a good thing, compared to 5% who feel it's a bad thing, which is a net of +56% (33% said it's neither good nor bad). Let's take a closer look at those numbers, though. Among Democrats, 80% feel more women running for Congress is a good thing, compared to 1% who don't, which is a net of +79%. Among Republicans, only 39% feel more women running for Congress is a good thing, while 10% do not, which is a net of just +29%. That's a 50-point gap between the two parties. While 4 in every 5 Democrats feel more wom...
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