Did Sexism Bring Donald Trump to Power?

AS DEMOCRATS ARE COMING to come to terms with them decisive loss., some have begun to point the finger at a tantalizingly simple – and conveniently self-denying – explanation: it was sexism. America is simply not ready to elect a female president, several news outlets suggested, as it became clear that voters had rejected a woman for the highest office for the second time. In the early hours of November 6, David Axelrod, a campaign strategist turned political commentator, said further CNN that anyone who claimed sexism played no role in Ms Harris’ defeat was simply “wrong”. Patti Solis Doyle, who managed Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign, told Politico that “the country is still sexist and not ready for a female president.”