If Barack Obama is re-elected, he should thank Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain for turning off female voters and tainting the Republican brand in the process. As a result of this tainting of the Republican brand, Romney has taken a recent hit among female voters and the national race is no longer as competitive as it was two months ago. Excerpts from a recent Bloomberg article:
What's pushing the odds lower for Romney may well be that a huge gender gap has opened up over his candidacy.
In 12 swing states -- Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin -- included in a Gallup/USA Today survey, Obama leads Romney 51% to 42%.
In mid-February, Obama took less than half of the vote from women under 50 years old. Now he wins more than 60% of them. (Obama is ahead of Romney among all women by 18 points.)
That rapid consolidation of women behind Obama, the Washington Post said today, "seems directly attributable to the focus in the Republican presidential primary on contraception and other reproductive-rights issues during the past six weeks or so."
A number of party leaders have thrown up their hands in frustration — insisting that the candidates should be spending all their time talking about the economy.
Source:
http://money.msn.com/politics/post.aspx?post=909619d8-c4f9-420b-955b-eabe5847253eDiscuss.
