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Women strong for Obama in battleground states

By R. Neal
Created Oct 3 2008 - 14:13

From a press release: "The gender gap evident in national polls on the 2008 presidential race is also visible in key battleground states, according to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) weekly analysis of the women's vote. A review of recent polls in 14 states where the contest is expected to be very close finds gender gaps in every state; in each case, women voters support the Democratic ticket more strongly than men do. Even where voters overall are equally split or favor the Republican ticket, a majority of women voters favors the Democrats."

State      Overall%     % for Obama   % for McCain   Gender Gap*
        Obama  McCain   Women  Men     Women  Men
CO       49      48      54    42       44    53             12
FL       51      43      57    45       37    50             12
NV       47      49      53    46       40    52             12
OH       50      42      53    46       39    46              7
PA       54      39      58    49       34    45              9

So much for the PUMA effect.


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http://www.knoxviews.com/node/9197