(CBS News) — Most women say it’s very important for more women to be elected to political office, and a majority think the country would be better off if that happened. Still, partisanship drives views on this.
Nearly six in 10 women think the country would be better off if more women held office. Most men, however, don’t think things would change much, though more than a third of men think things would improve.
A year into Donald Trump’s presidency, most women (who are more likely to identify as Democrats, than Republicans) disapprove of his job performance. Half feel his policies have mostly hurt women.
Republican women, however, are far more supportive of President Trump. Eight in 10 approve of the job he is doing, and while few say they have been directly helped by his policies, most don’t feel hurt by them either.
This poll was conducted by telephone January 13-16, 2018 among a random sample of 1,225 adults nationwide. Data collection was conducted on behalf of CBS News by SSRS of Glen Mills, PA. Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard land-line and cell phones.
The poll employed a random digit dial methodology. For the landline sample, a respondent was randomly selected from all adults in the household. For the cell sample, interviews were conducted with the person who answered the phone.
Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish using live interviewers. The data have been weighted to reflect U.S. Census figures on demographic variables.
The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups may be higher and is available by request. The margin of error includes the effects of standard weighting procedures which enlarge sampling error slightly.
This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.
