RNC officials had been surprised when polling in 2015 had shown that voters didn’t care nearly as much that Hillary would be the first female president as they had in 2008 that Barack Obama would be the first black president. Whether that was because voters were misogynistic or just didn’t care for Hillary was irrelevant; it only mattered that Hillary’s gender wasn’t going to sweep her into the presidency. That said, they had also learned from early surveys that most voters didn’t hold Bill’s infidelity against Hillary.
