During the Reagan Revolution, a significant gender gap emerged, accompanied by an urban–rural schism in party preference by gender, one manifestation of the nation’s widening urban–rural divide. Using the General Social Survey (GSS) data from 1972 to 2018, we explore this urban–rural schism in party preference by running several ordinary least squares models and specifications. Controlling for individuals’ traits, we find that differences in the preference for governmental action to address social problems lie at the heart of this gender gap and are further explained by location. Urban women are far more likely than urban men to call for the government to solve problems of income inequality; rural women, like rural men, are much more likely to emphasize individual responsibility and self-sufficiency.

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美国妇女对政府解决社会问题的偏好中日益加剧的城乡分裂

在里根革命期间，出现了显着的性别差距，伴随着政党性别偏好的城乡分裂，这是国家城乡差距扩大的一种表现。使用 1972 年至 2018 年的综合社会调查 (GSS) 数据，我们通过运行几个普通最小二乘模型和规范来探索这种政党偏好中的城乡分裂。控制个人的特征，我们发现政府采取行动解决社会问题的偏好差异是这种性别差距的核心，并且可以通过位置进一步解释。城市女性比城市男性更有可能呼吁政府解决收入不平等问题；农村妇女与农村男子一样，更可能强调个人责任和自给自足。