Legal Commentary

The Gender Gap In Florida

By Big Tent Democrat

The State of Florida has 27 electoral votes, more than Indiana (12) and Virginia (13) combined. According to both SUSA, and now PPP, Obama is losing in Florida because is losing women to John McCain:

The numbers show an unusual gender gap, with McCain leading by 11 points among women while trailing by 5 points with men. Last month's results similarly showed Obama doing eight points better with men than women, a trend PPP has not seen in any of its other state by state polling.

Hillary Clinton as VP can help Obama win Florida. She will strengthen him with women and seniors. Yet another reason why she should be the VP pick. Let me add from PPP's release (PDF):

Obama earns just 76% of the Democratic vote, with the folks in his party supporting McCain disproportionately older white females. “The Democrats crossing over to support John McCain are your prototypical Hillary Clinton supporters,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “Barack Obama still has some work to do getting those folks on his side if he wants to have any chance of winning Florida.”

(Emphasis supplied.)

By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 06, 2008 (boomark / email).