The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 52% of Likely U.S. Voters believe Democrats are the political party that best represents the interests of American women, while 41% say women’s interests are best represented by Republicans. Asked which political party best represents the interests of American men, 52% of voters say Republicans, 37% say Democrats and 10% are not sure.
These findings mirror exit polls from the 2024 presidential election, which showed Donald Trump winning among men by a 12-point margin, while Kamala Harris won women’s votes by an eight-part margin.
A majority (52%) of voters believe that, in terms of education and employment, young men and young women have about equal opportunity today. Twenty-six percent (26%) think young men have more opportunity, while 15% say young women have more opportunity today.
Only 44% of Democrats believe young men and young women have about equal opportunity today, compared to 62% of Republicans and 51% of voters not affiliated with either major party.
Eighty-nine percent (89%) of Democrats, 16% of Republicans and 49% of unaffiliated voters think Democrats are the political party that best represents the interests of American women. Eighty-six percent (86%) of Republicans, 20% of Democrats and 53% of unaffiliated voters say Republicans are the party that best represents the interests of American men.
Interestingly, there isn’t much of a “gender gap” on the question of which party best represents men and women’s interests – majorities of both men and women voters see the Democrats as more representative of women and Republicans as more representative of men. However, significantly more men (58%) than women voters (47%) believe young men and young women today have about equal opportunity in terms of education and employment.
Fifty-six percent (56%) of whites, 43% of black voters, 52% of Hispanics and 29% of other minorities think young men and young women have about equal opportunity. Hispanics are most likely to see the Republican Party as best representing the interests of American men.
Voters under 40 are less likely than their elders to believe young men and young women today have about equal opportunity in terms of education and employment. Thirty-five percent (35%) of under-40 voters say young men have more opportunity today, compared to 22% of those ages 40-64 and 21% of voters 65 and older.
Breaking down the electorate by income categories, voters earning between $100,000 and $200,000 a year are most likely to think Republicans are the party that best represents men’s interests. Those in the highest bracket – with annual incomes above $200,000 – are least likely to say young men and young women today have about equal opportunity.
Sixty-three percent (63%) of those who voted for Trump in last year’s election believe there is about equal opportunity for young men and women today, but only 42% of Harris voters agree.
The survey of 1,065 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on April 20-22, 2025 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.
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