A Pew poll out earlier this week that caused Democrats nine kinds of heartburn included the startling suggestion that women were hopping off the Obama train faster than you could say “woman’s right to choose.” [cont.] Melinda Henneberger, Washington Post Read more »
Swing-State Married Moms Trust Romney on Economy, Obama on Women
Married mothers in two competitive presidential states rate Republican nominee Mitt Romney better at dealing with the nation’s economic challenges than President Barack Obama, even as they side with the incumbent on reproductive rights and say he best understands their problems and struggles. A Bloomberg News Swing Voter poll in […] Read more »
Winning ‘the 47 Percent’
Single women, people of color and young people – the Rising American Electorate – voted for change in 2008. To understand the dynamics of this election, Women’s Voices. Women Vote Action Fund and Democracy Corps engaged in a three-phase research project with a particular emphasis on disengaged voters, Obama defectors, and […] Read more »
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 […] Read more »
Obama Lead Over Romney Similar to 2008 Margin Over McCain
President Barack Obama’s advantage over Republican challenger Mitt Romney among female voters is similar to his pre-election margins four years ago, though Obama’s edge among all voters is smaller than at a similar point in 2008. … Female voters have been more supportive of Democrats for decades, while men vote […] Read more »
The campaign and the gender gap: Blame Mars, not Venus
… It is tempting to blame the re-emergence and persistence of the gender gap, particularly since 1996, on the parties’ differences on women’s issues, dating back to 1980 and Reagan’s opposition to abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment. In this view, women have abandoned a party that has turned rightward […] Read more »