“…Even though there are solid reasons to expect sex differences in candidates' attention to women's issues, recent research has had a difficult time finding significant differences (Dolan, 2005;Sapiro, Cramer Walsh, Strach, & Hennings, 2011). Although research from the 1980s and 1990s tended to find significant differences between male and female candidates, such that female candidates were more likely to campaign on social policies including children issues, education, environment, and abortion (Kahn, 1993;la Cour Dabelko & Herrnson, 1997;Robertson, Froemling, Wells, & McGraw, 1999), research conducted during the 21st century has not.…”