Gallup Poll: Gender Gap Alive and Well

[West Coast Democrat]

We women need to be sure to get out the vote this year!!!

PRINCETON, NJ -- One of the established facts of political life today is the persistence of the so-called "gender gap," wherein men are more positive about Republican presidential candidates and Republican presidents, and women are more positive about Democrats. This is certainly evident in the job approval ratings given to President George W. Bush, who has consistently received higher job approval ratings from men than from women during his three years in office.

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So far this year, Bush's job approval rating has averaged 57.57% among men and 50.29% among women, for an average gap of about 7.3 percentage points.

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The gender gap has moderated somewhat in Gallup's latest poll, conducted Feb. 16-17, in part because men became significantly more likely to vote for Kerry. But in each poll conducted this year, the gender differences are there, and are substantial.

It's interesting to note that over the last three Gallup Polls, there has been relatively little change in the voting patterns of women, whose preference for Kerry over Bush has been 18, 17, and 15 points respectively. Most of the variation has come among men, who have moved from a 5-point preference for Bush to an 18-point preference for Bush to a 9-point preference for Kerry.



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http://www.gallup.com/content/default.asp?ci=10870

[West Coast Democrat]

1. Bump!

I thought it was interesting how Bush has never had a very high approval rating among women voters.

[Arugula Latte]

2. Every woman has a "Bush" in her background

He's the obnoxious frat idiot who gropes you drunkenly, throws up on your shoes, and then falls asleep.

[Ripley]

3. But, but, but...I thought women liked his studly flight deck stunt!

Weren't we told that he was S-E-X-Y in that suit?????

If all women really paid attention to his slash and burn attacks on issues that directly affect women (even if you are not pro-choice), none of them could support him. Unfortunately I think there are alot of Phyllis Schafly-bots out there. Do they produce them somewhere? Is there a science building at Pat Robertson's school?