In Weak Economy, an Opening to Court Votes of Single Women

… Single women are one of the country’s fastest-growing demographic groups — there are 1.8 million more now than just two years ago. …

“It’s a very Democratic voting population, but it’s not registered or turning out at the same rate as their married counterparts,” said Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster who has canvassed single women for the Voter Participation Center in Washington, pointing out that Mr. Obama had won among single women by a wide margin, but lost married women by three percentage points. [cont.]

Shaila Dewan, New York Times