Breaking into the Oval Office: Media Coverage of the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary

• In Event: Women in the Media: Electability and Bias in Female Candidate Representation

Brief Overview

This paper examines the media coverage of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary to assess the use of gender stereotypes and the hair, husband, and hemline problem in the first presidential primary with multiple competitive female candidates.

Author

• Nicole R. Foster Shoaf, Missouri Southern State University