Meanwhile, the voting gender gap is growing ahead of the election.

Polls show Vice President Kamala Harris is struggling to win support from men, while former President Donald Trump has the same problem with female voters.

Political experts say the gender gap is now at an all time high, and that matters in a race where tens of thousands of votes across a few key swing states could determine the outcome of the election.

Senior correspondent Brenda Flanagan takes a look at what's driving voters choices.

Would you like to have a beer with me so I can tell people what that's like?

Whether it's Kamala Harris cracking open a miller beer on a late night TV appearance this year.

There you go.

Or Donald Trump with muscles added in a Pittsburgh Steelers uniform.

Candidates are beefing up their macho bonafides to prove they deserve the Oval Office.

This election features a giant sized gender gap, and traditional masculinity is a critical issue for Trump, says FDU pollster Dan Casino.

People who say they perceive Trump is going to be mascot, 84% say they're going to support Trump in the upcoming election.

If you say anything else, their support drops down to 35%.

He says it's tougher for Harris, who has to find a middle ground masculine enough to prove she can lead without being, quote, threatening.

It's complicated.

Harris has to be seen as both masculine and feminine.

It's like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, right?

She has to do gender backwards in high heels.

She has a harder thing to do.

But she does seem to be doing it.

In this election, polls find men more focused on the economy.

And Trump has promised jobs and tax cuts.

Gender and stereotypes drive expectations, says Trenton lobbyist Janine LaRue, a Harris supporter.

So I've heard some black ministers say, come on, there's too many pantsuits.

When are you going to put on a dress?

She believes traditional views of the U.S. president as a strong commander in chief, where strength equals masculinity, do shape opinions among young black men.

I sit in my barbershop and I listen to some of the brothers sitting around me and they're like, oh yeah, Trump is on.

He's a straight talker.

I like the way he talks.

And I ask them the question, are you listening to what they say?

Elections typically feature disparities between how men and women vote.

Polls show the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe continues to galvanize women voters.

One third report they can't vote for a candidate who's not aligned with their views on abortion.

Le Roux predicts this issue is going to be on the ballot.

It's on the ballot, but it's even more fundamental than that.

Trump projects a tough law and order stance, promises to protect women and deport millions of immigrants.

It's red meat for the MAGA crowds who want to revert to America's patriarchal past, says political analyst Kelly Dittmar.

Response funding to the male grievance and the white male grievance that has come with the progress of women, with the racial progress we have seen in him saying, no, we need to restore these kind of traditional notions of both gender, and the balance of power, including at the presidential level.

It's so divisive.

Even some husbands and wives shape, they may not want to share their choice on Election Day.

I'm Brenda Flanagan, NJ Spotlight News.