Opinion: History hasn’t been kind to female nominees. Will this time be different?

Once again, we are seeing how female nominees create excitement in presidential politics. But in the past, it’s mostly worn off by Election Day.

Kamala Harris and the Democrats hope this time will be different, but it’s too early to know.

The vice president’s nomination marks the fifth time in the last 40 years that one of the two major political parties has put a woman on its national ticket. But in all but the most recent case, when the then-California senator joined Joe Biden on the winning 2020 Democratic combo...