The role of sexism in white heterosexual women's voting behaviors in the 2016 presidential election: a feminist perspective

The purpose of the current study is to assess the role of oppression in white heterosexual womens voting behaviors in the 2016 U.S. general presidential election. Sexist beliefs were measured utilizing the Internalized Misogyny Scale (Piggott, 2004) and the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (Glick and Fiske, 1996). Results revealed rates of sexism were related to voting behaviors. Individual with higher levels of sexism were more likely to have voted for the male candidate. A logistic regression and predictive discriminant analysis were then conducted. Results found the we could predict who a participant voted for based on their scores and answers on the hostile sexism subscale of the ambivalent sexism inventory. Results, implications, and limitations of the study are discussed.