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OPINION

Palin's Flop Shows Gender Doesn't Sway Women Voters

It's the agenda, stupid: Goodman

Nov 14, 08 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - This election showed a female candidate won’t automatically draw women’s votes if most women disagree with her on the issues, Ellen Goodman writes in the Boston Globe: “It’s not the gender … but the agenda.” With women traditionally putting economic issues—and more governmental control—... More »

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Hillary Clinton • gender politics • working mothers • Democratic Party • female voters • economy • Sarah Palin • culture wars

ANALYSIS

Six Key Misconceptions About Women Voters

Top of the list: females not a unified voting bloc

Oct 26, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The campaigns are desperate to know what makes women voters tick, but much political thinking is still marred by gross misconceptions about the key group. MSNBC lists the most egregious:
  1. Women are a homogenous voting bloc. Not only do they not share a common geography, attitude or philosophy, but
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women • list • misconception • gender gap • female voters • Election 2008 • hockey mom

ANALYSIS

Men Tend
to Bail on
Election Day

Jail, work, apathy behind 40-year
voting dip

Oct 19, 08 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The percentage of men who vote has been falling for 40 years, and will likely continue to drop this year, Newsweek reports. Total voter turnout has been dropping since a record high in 1964, but men appear particularly hamstrung by gender-specific factors. More go to prison, fewer attend college, and... More »

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United States • voting • female voters • Election 2008 • male voters • demographic trends

Blue-Collar White Women Shift to Obama

Economic worries overcome key group's reservations about Obama

Oct 11, 08 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - America's "Jane Sixpacks" are leaning toward the Democratic ticket in growing numbers, the Wall Street Journal reports. White, working-class women voters make up nearly a quarter of the electorate, and polls are finding that the economic crisis is convincing more voters in this vital group to back Barack Obama,... More »

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Barack Obama • working class • female voters • blue-collar vote • Election 2008 • white women • swing states

McCain Talks Economy as Women Break for Obama

Housing seen as way to win over white moms

Oct 9, 08 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is shifting focus to the economy in a bid to win over white women who are rapidly flocking to Barack Obama. Any bump McCain saw with female voters after selecting running mate Sarah Palin has utterly evaporated, the Boston Globe reports. Polls show Obama leading by 17%... More »

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John McCain • housing • female voters • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • economy

 Women Swing Back to Barack 

Sarah Palin's candidacy shook up the race, but polls show female support in line with past elections

Oct 7, 08 6:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s novel influence on the presidential campaign appears to have waned, and the “gender gap” among voters has reverted to that in past elections, the Chicago Tribune reports. That means women favor Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain. Women will support Obama by a margin... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • demographics • female voters • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • swing states • polls

 Confidence in Palin Plunges 

Poll finds doubts about Palin's ability to lead dragging down GOP ticket

Oct 2, 08 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Voter confidence in Sarah Palin's ability to lead has taken a dive, according to the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll. Some 60% of voters now believe she lacks the experience to be president and a third are less inclined to vote for John McCain because she's on the GOP ticket.... More »

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poll • Washington Post ABC poll • female voters • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate

ANALYSIS

 No Skirting the Issue: 
 Politics Now Women's Game 

Candidates are obvious sign, but best commentary, comedy comes from females

Sep 22, 08 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - This election is all about women—and Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton can't take all the credit, Sarah Hughes writes in the Independent. The candidates are the most visible, but female commentators, comedians, and protesters have set the tone and are asking the difficult questions. "The good ol' boys... More »

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Hillary Clinton • women • Tina Fey • female voters • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Rachel Maddow

In Fla., Obama Lays Into 'Panicked' Mac

Dem touts focus on 'Main Street,' targets state's women, retirees

Sep 19, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama criticized the administration’s response to the plight of working families today, while calling for steps to regulate large financial institutions, CNN reports. “We cannot only have a plan for Wall Street,” he said. “We must also help Main Street as well.” The Democrat... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • John McCain • Wall Street • retirees • Social Security • female voters • financial institutions • Election 2008 • bailout • Main Street

ANALYSIS

 Will Women 
 Abandon 
 Palin, Too? 

What makes women shed their ideals to support Palin?

Sep 14, 08 5:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Geraldine Ferraro joined Walter Mondale's ticket in 1984, Ronald Reagan got a boost from women voters who may have felt threatened by Ferraro's personal and professional success. Nearly 25 years later, the effect of Sarah Palin joining John McCain contrasts sharply with Ferraro's fortunes, and prompts Newsweek to take... More »

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suffrage • Geraldine Ferraro • female voters • women in office • Sarah Palin • pollsters

 Palin Bounce Flusters Dems 

Surprising popularity defies conventional wisdom, logic

Sep 10, 08 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats have been caught off-guard by Sarah Palin’s appeal, which has helped vault John McCain ahead of Barack Obama in some polls, the LA Times reports. Obama has begun attacking Palin more forcefully, which some Democrats worry will backfire, turning Palin into a “working class heroine,”... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • female voters • Sarah Palin

 Palin's Female Fans Not 
 Confined to Right 

Some see evolving breed of feminism in those drawn to Republican VP nominee

Sep 10, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The crowds turning out for Sarah Palin show that the vice-presidential candidate is pulling her main support from conservative women. But she has also gained some followers who, though they identify as independents or Democrats, are "fed up with a man's world," the Washington Post reports. While some... More »

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Republican • feminism • female voters • women in office • Sarah Palin

ANALYSIS

'Wal-Mart Mom' Voters Swing, Will Be Crucial

Shift of working white women to GOP spells trouble for Obama

Sep 10, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Polls clearly show the white women's vote swinging away from Barack Obama and it's a particular group the candidate needs to worry about most, Karen Tumulty writes in Time. Soccer moms comprised the key swing group in 1996, and "security moms" did last election, Tumulty notes. This time, it's... More »

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Barack Obama • demographics • female voters • swing voters • white women • Sarah Palin • swing states • the female vote • hockey mom

Working Women Leery of Palin

Female solidarity aside, it's the economy, stupid —and Obama's feeling their pain

Sep 7, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Working-class women may decide who makes it to the White House, and while Sarah Palin piqued the interest of many undecideds, her gender isn’t enough to override their main concerns over soaring food and gas prices, unaffordable health care, and record-high unemployment. The Los Angeles Times takes the pulse... More »

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women • working class • Obama 2008 • female voters • swing voters • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin

Fem Dems Called Up in Palin War

Hillary, other prominent Democrats mobilized
in battleground states

Sep 5, 08 3:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s campaign will mobilize high-profile female Democrats in key states to counter Sarah Palin’s potential appeal to undecided women voters, reports the New York Times. The move follows Palin’s widely watched acceptance speech to be John McCain's running mate at the Republican National Convention. Obama will... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Kathleen Sebelius • female voters • Janet Napolitano • Sarah Palin

 Is Palin a Woman's Woman? 

Women divided over conservative female veep pick's stand on women's issues

Aug 31, 08 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate is drawing a mixed reaction from the female swing voters his campaign is desperate to woo, reports the New York Times. Some conservative women who have been lukewarm about a McCain presidency are energized by the pick, whereas many... More »

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John McCain • women • abortion rights • female voters • Hillary Clinton supporters • Election 2008 • women in office • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate

ANALYSIS

 Battle Is On for the Female Vote

McCain's veep choice could draw some vital votes away from the all-male ticket

Aug 30, 08 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The GOP is betting that John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as a running mate will put 18 million dents in the Democrats' White House hopes, the Washington Post writes. The party hopes the choice will woo disaffected Hillary Clinton voters, while many Democrats dismiss it as pure political pandering.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • women • female voters • Hillary Clinton supporters • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • the female vote • political strategy

ANALYSIS

Hillary Will Win Huge Leverage in Narrow Defeat

She stands to be
more powerful than
any loser in history

May 21, 08 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - It doesn’t look like Hillary Clinton will be the Dem nominee this year, but she “may gain more leverage from losing than almost any other failed presidential candidate,” says Michael Tackett in a Chicago Tribune piece about what’s in store for the second-place finisher. Assuming she... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • Ted Kennedy • Democratic nomination • Hubert Humphrey • female voters

ANALYSIS

 ...And 5 in Oregon 

Politico: State seems 'tailor-made' for Obama

May 20, 08 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oregon voters' sympathy for "the cool, cerebral type" bodes well for Obama in today's primary, according to the folks at Politico, who bring us five things to watch for in the Beaver State:
  1. How quick will it be called?—Oregon is three hours behind the eastern seaboard, but
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • female voters • blue-collar vote • Election 2008 • Oregon primary

Battle for Democratic Women Moves to NC

Older voters favor Clinton; Obama supporters skew younger

Apr 22, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Weeks after the Democratic nomination is usually in the bag, one consistent subplot of this year's campaign is surfacing in North Carolina: Women are split over their choice. Thirteen percent are still undecided, minor compared to the 12% of men who haven’t chosen—but a huge number compared to... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • female voters • North Carolina primary

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