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Angie Torres
UWRT 1102-003
24 February 2018
Annotated Bibliography
Bock, Jarrod, et al. “The Role of Sexism in Voting in the 2016 Presidential Election.”Personality
A study was performed to analyze the impact of sexism in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
The study was performed on 239 individuals, 170 identifying as female and 28 identifying as
male. Participants were given an online questionnaire, which offered them a series of questions
including party identification, which candidate they voted for, and their attitudes towards women
and sexism. The results found that those who had voted for Donald J. Trump were significantly
more sexist and were less likely to have egalitarian views towards women.
The authors of this peer reviewed academic article are a part of the Department of Psychology at
Oklahoma State University. It was published by the scholarly journal, Elsevier, with the intention
to bring about knowledge and discussion on the topic of sexism in such a hostile and chaotic
presidential election. It does a fair job of identifying what Trump voters are more inclined to
believe and feel. It is useful in the sense that I have a better scope of his voters and it verifies the
Jaffe, Sarah. “Why Did a Majority of White Women Vote for Trump?” New Labor Forum, vol.
The author analyzed the voter tendencies of white females in previous elections and found that
there should have been no surprise in the end result of the election. The evidence had been hiding
in plain sight and has been consistent since the 1950s. The author lists many ways that Clinton
lost white female voters in various comments and strategies. One of these examples would be
Clinton naming Trump voters to be “deplorable”, which not only swayed away white women
away from her cause but was flipped and used by Trump in a sarcastic, humorous manner and
used the term on merchandise. Jaffe concludes that white women did not feel a connection to
Clinton simply because she was a woman on the ballot and continued with their usual voter
This peer reviewed scholarly article was very useful in understanding the voter tendencies of
white women in the election and gave me clues as to how I should continue my research. It was
published in the New Labor Forum by SAGE Journals. There is a lot of useful information
related to different demographics of white women within this article that I will be referencing
Junn, Jane. “The Trump Majority: White Womanhood and the Making of Female Voters in the
U.S.” Politics, Groups, and Identities, vol. 5, no. 2, 2017, pp. 343–352.,
doi:10.1080/21565503.2017.1304224.
This articles delves a bit deeper as to why white women vote the way they do and I found it very
intriguing. Junn suggests that before anything, they are white before they are women and will
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vote in such a manner that allows them to have their white privilege before they consider any
else. The article also referenced Mary Jackman’s velvet glove theory, which suggests that an
individual will persuade someone by offering them protection in turn for power. It is the “velvet
This peer reviewed scholarly article was written for the Politics, Groups, and Identities Journal
with the intended audience of political scientists. Junn encourages other political scientists to
study white women more closely, as she suggests they can be swing voters in elections. I feel
like this is would be a great addition to my research inquiry project because it ties so well with
Khalid, Asma. “Are GOP Women Warming Up To Donald Trump?” NPR, NPR, 15 June 2016,
www.npr.org/2016/06/15/482113672/are-gop-women-warming-up-to-trump.
In this article, Khalid performed multiple interviews with women throughout Ohio and asked
them about their views and feelings towards republican candidate Donald Trump. Most women
were not fond of him, however all except one were willing to vote for him for the sake of their
party. Most of them were more fond of the Ohio governor John Kasich. These women stated that
they were willing to turn a blind eye to his comments and actions if they had to, but are not
"Muslim woman: I'm one of Trump's "silent voters"." CNN Wire. (November 11, 2016 Friday
6:14 PM GMT ): 368 words. LexisNexis Academic. Web. Date Accessed: 2018/02/25.
This interview with Asra Nomani delves into why a Muslim woman would vote for Trump and
the backlash she received from choice to do so. Nomani identifies as a liberal, but felt as though
she needed to vote for Trump to address her concern towards the threat of Muslim extremists.
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Nomani acknowledges that Trump is “indelicate” but argues that political correctness will get the
U.S. nowhere.
This interview was conducted by CNN’s Alexandra King and provides a scope of the minority
women that voted for Trump and why they chose to do so. The intended audience is the general
public and the purpose is to aid in the backlash Nomani received for disclosing her choice in the
election. This information is useful to my research because Trump carried a negative connotation
towards Muslims throughout his campaign and even introduced a Muslim ban shortly after he
was elected. I find it curious that Nomani was not put off by his words and actions, but instead
engaged by them.