As the U.S. election grows closer, so do the chances that the U.S. could join the ranks of nations that have elected women heads of state.
As the race to the White House intensifies, the prospect of the U.S. finally having its first female president is getting closer.Kamala Harris would be far from the first woman to run a country, but not many women have maintained political leadership roles historically.A new report by the Pew Research Center revealed that only a third of United Nations member states have ever had a female leader, and women currently serve as leaders in 13 of the 193 member nations.
A poll surveying 2,000 voters aged 18 to 34 conducted by US News in late August found that more than 80 percent of voters in key battleground states said that a woman could be an effective president and strong leader.Furthermore, 68 percent of respondents in the states surveyed including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Ohio, said that they believed the US is ready to elect a woman president, while 10 percent disagreed.Why Has The U.S.
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