Gallup: Obama builds advantage among women

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http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/obama_builds_advantage_among_w.html



Barack Obama has built a 13-point edge over John McCain among women since Hillary Clinton left the presidential contest


As much as many of Hillary Clinton's supporters said during the heat of the party's primary contest that they would sooner vote for Republican John McCain than Democrat Barack Obama, the Illinois senator's gain in national polling in the past week has come more from women than from men.

Looking at daily tracking polls on the general election contest between Obama and McCain, Gallup's Jeffrey Jones reports: "Obama's lead among women has now expanded from five percentage points to 13, while his deficit among men has shrunk from six points to two.''

This is a comparison with tracking polls conducted May 27-June 2, the week before Obama clinched his party's nomination on June 3). That polling showed Obama and McCain tied at 46 percent among registered voters nationally.

Gallup's surveys from June 5-9 showed Obama holding a 48-42 percentage point advantage over McCain - as does the newest survey through Tuesday.

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. That's gonna be 65-35% by election day...

:rofl:

[anonymous171]

2. So all McCain's ass kissing was for naught, eh?

:woohoo:

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

3. Ma girls are smarter than that. Even those who ardently support Hillary,

they know what's up. I know that they will come around and do the right thing. :)

[Kahuna]

12. He kinda sounds like a perve in a raincoat when he makes his pitch

to Hillary supporters. :puke:

[babylonsister]

4. Someone needs to tell Tweety this; he's trying to stir up controversy

where there isn't any.

[Colobo]

5. Obama will whoop McShit real good.

[HockeyMom]

6. The way he treated his first wife?

Why would any woman vote for a man like that?????

[Kerrytravelers]

7. We women aren't dumb. Even if one isn't wild about Obama, there is no way a woman would trust McSame

with their or their daughter's reproductive rights.

[politicasista]

8. Obama's so called "women" problem is media spin

Why would any woman want to vote for McCain?

[Douglas Carpenter]

9. Kick and recommended -- very important !!!!!

[Zhade]

10. Frankly, a few dozen petulant whiners weren't going to damage Obama's momentum.

NT!

[ananda]

11. He has my vote.

But so would any candidate that is not
McCain.

[Arugula Latte]

13. Oh, Hell Yeah.

Women are going to come out in droves for that man. :loveya:

[Carrieyazel]

14. This support is quite soft, however. Don't get comfortable.

[Bullet1987]

15. Quite soft for now....McCain's bad history with women

hasn't become the media's top story yet.