Women have made innumerable contributions to this country and its economy. They have made advances and breakthroughs in the fields of science, technology, sports, medicine, the law, art, pharmaceuticals, the Armed Forces, food, conservation and on and on and on. We owe much of our quality of life and global standing to women.

This month also has a “not so happy” quality to it. March reminds us of the increasingly virulent attacks on women — from taking away the right to determine the future of their own and their families’ lives, to attempts at legislating behavior (aside from reproduction). There is a centuries-old, continually ongoing struggle to be paid equally, to be represented equally in medical and other research, to possess equal rights, and to have the opportunities equally afforded to others to achieve the American dream.

Women are NOT a monolith. Nor do they vote as a bloc. There are differences, like marital status, that determine whether or not a woman registers and votes. Race, religiosity, and social and economic status are all examples of factors that must be considered in describing “women voters.”  

One thing they do have in common is their power to change electoral outcomes, even when one group of women votes dramatically differently than another. 

To shed light on “women voters”, we are joined this month by three women pollsters who are considered the best of the best in their profession: Anna Greenberg, Celinda Lake and Molly Murphy. They have been the strategic advisors and pollsters to the most competitive and “impossible-to-win” races in the country.  They will provide us a rich view of how women, with all their differences and similarities, could shape the 2024 operating environment and election outcomes.