Democrats have been talking a lot about women and equality lately. This week President Barack Obama brought equal-pay-for-women advocate Lilly Ledbetter back to the White House to in honor of Equal Pay Day. And in the Senate Democrats attempted to bring the Paycheck Fairness Act to the floor and were unable to get the votes needed to move forward.
A big part of all this female outreach is the fact that women, particularly younger women, are essential to the Democrats chances of staving off a particularly brutal midterm election this fall. The March Wall Street Journal/ NBC News poll reveals how important women could be for the party in the fall. …
If the goal is to drive up turnout among women, particularly women younger than 50, and turn that polling advantage into a vote advantage, what’s the prognosis for the Democrats? Could women be the buffer some analysts suggest they could? CONT.
Dante Chinni (American U.), Wall Street Journal