Why Romney’s Debate Win May Be a Loss among Female Voters

The marked gender gap in support for Obama and Romney is hard to miss. A Pew Research poll in September found 56% of registered female voters favoring Obama and 37% favoring Romney—with no offsetting gap in Romney’s favor among male voters, who were evenly split 46% in favor of Obama and 47% in favor of Romney. …

In short, Romney doesn’t hold and, perhaps, is still losing more of, one of the demographics key to the winning Bush electoral coalition. Can Romney win without undoing some of that gap? [cont.]

Corrine McConnaughy, Ohio State U.