Incredible graveyard photo shows crucial divide in US election race
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have both spoken at length about female voters – and one of the most famous votes from a woman is continuing to inspire many today.
With Kamala Harris vying to become the first female US president, it is no surprise the gravestone of Susan B Anthony has become a focal point for many women leading up to Election Day.
Just like they did in 2016 when Hillary Clinton faced off against Donald Trump, thousands have turned up to the graveyard in the city of Rochester, NY over the last few weeks.
But for those unaccustomed with US history, you may be asking who is Susan B Anthony and why is she particularly significant this election? Well the Massachusetts-born woman is one of the US's most significant female activists in history and was the driving force behind the country's suffragette movement, which eventually led to women gaining voting rights in 1920, 14 years after her death.
She was famously arrested in 1872 when she broke the law by voting as a woman.
It has become a tradition for voters to place 'I Voted Today!' stickers on her gravestone and voters say this year the practice is "even more special".
"This election is super important... this is a really important day and there's a lot weighing on today," one young woman voting for the first time said at the site. "I hope people understand just how much is at stake for the future."
Trump has struggled to connect with female voters this election and the Harris campaign has jumped on Trump's divisive remarks particularly around abortion in a bid to gain support from female voters at the ballot box.
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Abortion has been a major issue this year since a conservative majority on the Supreme Court struck down Roe v Wade, removing federal protections for abortions and making it a state issue. A number of abortion laws are also on state ballots today.
If Trump loses, it could very well be women who cost him — something a Republican operative admitted to CNN last week. "We’ve seen a women problem for all Republicans, up and down the ballot," they said. "It starts at the top."
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The latest ABC News/Ipsos national poll showed Trump trailing Harris among likely female voters by 14 points — a margin that seriously outpaces Trump's six point lead among men.
Speaking on ABC News Breakfast from Washington DC this morning, Dr Emma Shortis from the Australian Institute outlined the scenario Harris is banking on.
"If Harris wins, it’ll be off the back of young women's mobilisation and the mobilisation of African American woman in particular," she argued.
Due to the significance of the site, Anthony's home and museum this year became a location for early voting for the first time.
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