'Vagina vote': should Hillary be elected because she's a woman?

Female voters who value gender over policies have been criticised for 'setting back feminism a hundred years'

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With Hillary Clinton the clear favourite to be the Democratic nominee in the presidential campaign, some commentators are questioning whether her gender is eclipsing her politics.

"I intend to vote with my vagina," writes Kate Harding in Dame Magazine. "There are other reasons why I'm ready for Hillary, but even if there weren't, I would probably still vote for her just because she's a woman."

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