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Edited on Thu Oct-09-08 02:24 PM by Franks Wild Years
Look, women traditionally outvote men. That's a trend which has been the case for the last few Presidential elections, it was the case in the 2006 mid-terms, too.
I quote from Rasmussen's analysis of their latest poll:
"Obama now leads by 13 points among women but trails by two among men."
Now, here's the thing. If women - as was the case in 2004 - outvote men by around 52 - 48% should that not equate to a larger than five point advantage for Obama? Is my math faulty (I must admit I wonder at times if I have some sort of numerical dyslexia when it comes to anything more than simple addition) or if a theoretical election were to take place right now and Obama was to post a 13 point lead among women and a deficit of a mere two percentage points among men, would he not win by a heck of a lot more than five points?
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