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The Women's Vote and the 2008 Presidential Election |
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| The Presidential Race Heading into the First Debate CBS News/New York Times Poll, September 25, 2008 This poll includes analysis of women's views of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. |
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| Did Palin Help McCain Among White Women? by Frank Newport, Gallup, September 24, 2008 |
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| Presidential Race: Dead-Heat Among Women: Palin Pick Boosts McCain by Seth Brohinsky and Mark Schulman, Time Magazine Poll, September 16, 2008 |
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| Both Sides Seeking to Be What Women Want by Kate Zernike, The New York Times, September 15, 2008 |
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| From Seneca Falls to … Sarah Palin? by Julia Baird, Newsweek, September 13, 2008 |
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| Quinnipiac Poll Shows White Women Voters in Play in Swing States Quinnipiac Poll, September 11, 2008 |
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| No Disproportionate Shift in White Women’s Preferences: Gallup Poll September 11, 2008 by Frank Newport, Jeffrey M. Jones, and Lydia Saad, Gallup, September 11, 2008 |
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| White Women and Movability by Gary Langer, ABC News, September 9, 2008 |
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| Dead Heat: John McCain, Barack Obama Even in Post-Convention Poll White Women Shift to McCain as Republican Erodes Obama Lead on Change, Enthusiasm by Gary Langer, ABC News/Washington Post Poll, September 8, 2008 |
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| The Woman Factor by Ruth B. Mandel and Debbie Walsh, NorthJersey.com, September 7, 2008 |
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| Will the Abortion Issue Help or Hurt McCain? by Lydia Saad, Gallup Poll, September 3, 2008 |
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| Obama Gains Overall, McCain Among GOP Women by Frank Newport, Gallup Poll, September 3, 2008 |
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| Obama Gains Among Former Clinton Supporters by Frank Newport, Gallup Poll, September 2, 2008 |
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| Calculated Risk With Female Voters Is Suddenly Even Harder to Calculate by Anne E. Kornblut and Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, September 2, 2008 |
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| Drawing Women's Attention, Maybe Not Allegiance Some women see Sarah Palin as a winning choice. Others say she lacks experience and is on the wrong side of issues. by Jackie Calmes, The New York Times, August 31, 2008 |
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| Can Sarah Palin Appeal to White, Female Independents? by Frank Newport, Gallup, August 29, 2008 |
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| Gender Gap Among White Voters Bigger Now Than in 2004 Obama loses to McCain among white men, ties him among white women by Frank Newport, Gallup, August 18, 2008 |
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| New Poll Reveals Where Women Voters Stand Post-Hillary by Kellyanne Conway of the polling company™, inc./WomanTrend and Democratic pollster Celinda Lake of Lake Research Partners, August 5, 2008 |
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| Should Women Worry Obama? by Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Research Associate, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, July 17, 2008 |
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| The SES Factor (socioeconomic status) by Gary Langer, ABCnews.com, February 19, 2008 |
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| Super Tuesday - Proportions of Men and Women Voting for Hillary Clinton This CAWP fact sheet lists proportions of men and women voting for Hillary Clinton in primary states on super Tuesday, February 5, 2008. |
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| Young Feminists Split: Does Gender Matter? by Eli Saslow, Washington Post on January 11, 2008 |
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| Clinton Propelled by Support from Young Women in '08 Test Pew Research Center Survey Report, October 31, 2007 |
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| Women Key to Growing Clinton Lead Among Democrats by Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup, October 29, 2007 |
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| Clinton Shows Femininity to Court Key Constituency By Marcella Bombardieri, The Boston Globe, Thursday, October 18, 2007 |
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| Encouraged by Women's Response, Clinton Stresses the Female Side by Anne E. Kornblut, Washington Post, Sunday, October 14, 2007 |
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| Clinton-Obama Quandry for Many Black Women by Katharine Q. Steele, The New York Times, October 14 2007 |
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| Candidate preferences by gender, age Iowa Poll conducted October 1-3, 2007, by the Des Moines Register |
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| In a Clinton vs. Guilliani race, a Battle of Competing Legacies ABC News/Washington Post Poll, Wednesday, October 3, 2007 |
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