2016 Postmortem

CreekDog

(46,192 posts) Tue Mar 13, 2012, 09:44 AM Mar 2012

Obama won women voters 55-43 in 2008; a 25 point win would've caused one of the largest landslides

If all else was equal and Obama in 2008 had won women voters by a 25 point margin (as a recent poll suggests margin is today), this would have added about 8 million votes to his approximately 10 million vote margin.

His vote total would've been near 60% with the Republican at less than 40%. That's Nixon-McGovern or Reagan-Mondale level of victory.

My point isn't that this is going to happen. But women comprise a majority of voters. Alienate or target them and it has a big effect when they start voting one way or another.

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Obama won women voters 55-43 in 2008; a 25 point win would've caused one of the largest landslides (Original Post) CreekDog Mar 2012 OP

Just let the clown car keep talking. We may go way beyond 25% this year. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #1

Given That The Base Does Not Trust Romney, He Won't Be Able to Select A Moderate Woman As His VP Yavin4 Mar 2012 #2

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

1. Just let the clown car keep talking. We may go way beyond 25% this year.

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 10:03 AM

Mar 2012

Yavin4

(35,443 posts)

2. Given That The Base Does Not Trust Romney, He Won't Be Able to Select A Moderate Woman As His VP