According to a recent poll by NBC/The Wall Street Journal, President Barack Obama has a 15 point advantage among female voters over Mitt Romney for the 2012 presidential election.
The recent poll data [PDF] shows that President Obama leads by six points over Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney among all registered voters. When the responses are broken down according to sex, female voters favor President Obama 54% to 39% for Mitt Romney creating a gender gap heading into the election season.
Responses to the poll were collected July 18 through the 22, prior to the Akin “legitimate rape” controversy. Since the Akin controversy erupted, President Obama has held a press conference stating [VIDEO] “Rape is rape… we should not have politicians, the majority of whom are men, making healthcare decisions for women.”
Media Resources: Morning Joe 8/21/2012; MSNBC 8/21/2012; MSNBC 8/20/12; NBC/The Wall Street Journal 7/22/2012
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Ronna says:
Aug 22, 2012
I think YOUNG WOMEN should rally loud and clear. I say YOUNG because I am nearly 60 years old and sick and tired of this whole new attack from Republicans on everything WOMAN! Where is all of this coming from? Unfortunately, at my age for whatever reason(s) I have little energy to expend on fighting things that were already fought and WON!! It is absolutely ABSURD! The younger generations must become EVEN MORE ACTIVE THAN THOSE IN THE 60′S AND 70′S because it is their future they are figthing for!!!!! If they don’t women’s rights will be trampled down to nothing!!!