While political party and other traditional factors will likely determine the majority of votes in the upcoming state Supreme Court election, recent scandals on the court could raise the public awareness of candidates’ gender, observers said. With a crowded field and low turnout expected at the polls, even a small number of voters opting for some or all of the three female candidates could be enough to impact election results.
The extent of any increase in support for the women running for Supreme Court justice will hinge, in large part, on an informed electorate ready to connect the headlines and television reports about sexually-explicit emails and insensitive jokes to the options before them on Nov. 3, election watchers said. History has shown that voters making that connection is far from a guarantee, they said, but with three open seats on the bench, it won’t take a huge swing to influence the election.
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