You know each of us have our own reason why we vote for so and so or in the way we vote. That reason is important to each individual. Although many may think that is the most asinine reason that ever was. It isn't what others think, it is what each individual voter thinks.
Being a man or a woman means nothing to me. Even which party means nothing. It's how I view the candidate. Will that candidate be good for America, will this candidate be good for the state of Georgia or my county etc. If I think they will, I vote for them, if not, I vote for someone else. It's a matter of personal perspectives.
I think the worst reason one votes for whom they do is only going by the D and the R. That to me means they vote for the best candidate half the time, the worst the other half. For me, candidates matter, party not so much, gender, race, creed, not at all.