Kelly Dittmar

director of research at Rutger University’s Center for American Women and Politics

Project director of Gender Watch 2018 and an assistant professor and scholar at Rutgers' Center for American Women and Politics

Kelly Dittmar on KCRW

A majority of women voters cast ballots for Kamala Harris. But Harris did worse among women voters than Joe Biden did in 2020. Why?

Why Harris lost ground with women voters – and Trump made gains

A majority of women voters cast ballots for Kamala Harris. But Harris did worse among women voters than Joe Biden did in 2020. Why?

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Iran Nuclear Deal? President Trump Says: No Deal, No More.

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