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Youth Voters Struggle with Support for Female Candidates

10/7/2025

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Youth Voters' Gender Bias

American University poll highlights a 'youth paradox': young voters rarely back female candidates.
40% know someone who wouldn’t vote for a woman president; youth rates rise.
82% would consider a qualified female candidate, but generations differ.
In Syria, women face cultural and legal barriers to participation.
Recent elections show 14% women candidates despite a 20% quota; critics call it symbolic.

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Takaichi's Leadership Victory

Sanae Takaichi is poised to become Japan's first female prime minister after winning Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership vote on October 4, 2025.
Her win signals the LDP's bid to regain public support amid economic challenges and declining popularity.
Her hard-line stance may jeopardize the Komeito coalition, which has expressed concerns over her policies and gender policy ambitions.

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Youth Voters' Gender Bias

American University poll highlights a 'youth paradox': young voters rarely back female candidates.
40% know someone who wouldn’t vote for a woman president; youth rates rise.
82% would consider a qualified female candidate, but generations differ.
In Syria, women face cultural and legal barriers to participation.
Recent elections show 14% women candidates despite a 20% quota; critics call it symbolic.

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