A Man's Economy.

Election night in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where I live, was unseasonably warm, so I "slept" with my windows open. As a result, I came to understand what was happening to the country when I started to hear a fraternity set off fireworks every time another state was called for Donald Trump. During the slow march to 5:30 a.m. when Trump clinched his victory, my lefty bubble was periodically punctured by the sound of shots in the air. A lot of ink has been spilled about Trump's ability to win over men, especially young men; like fireworks, his brand of misogyny is impossible to ignore. Fewer post-election takes have focused on why Kamala Harris's message failed to turn out enough women to compensate for this gender gap (which, at 10 percent, was in fact relatively steady across the last three presidential elections). Here is one hypothesis: the economic record and message Harris carried forward as Joe Biden's vice president was itself deeply gendered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]