Lifetime’s Every Woman Counts campaign hosted a conference call to discuss the results of a new poll on how the women’s vote looks after Senator Hillary Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) candidacy. Toby Graff, the Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at Lifetime said neither Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) nor Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) have a majority in the women’s vote, so there is still a lot of room for the candidates to push to secure the female vote.
Celinda Lake, a pollster at Lake Research Partners, said Obama has a solid lead over McCain, with 49 percent, but 10 percent of female voters are still undecided. She said Obama does very well with black and hispanic voters, while McCain does best with white and older women. Obama is most liked for his personal attributes, such as his empathy and likeability, while McCain is most liked for his experience. 81 percent of self-described “democratic” female voters will vote for Obama, and independent female voters far prefer Obama as well.
76 percent of former female Clinton supporters now support Barack Obama, but 18 percent of them will instead vote for McCain. Kellyanne Conway, a pollster at the Polling Company, Inc., said former Clinton Supporters would be more supportive of Obama if he chose a female running mate. When asked why Clinton did not win the nomination, one in five women responded that it was because of her gender.
Obama in lead with women, but the vote is still in the air
Celinda Lake, a pollster at Lake Research Partners, said Obama has a solid lead over McCain, with 49 percent, but 10 percent of female voters are still undecided. She said Obama does very well with black and hispanic voters, while McCain does best with white and older women. Obama is most liked for his personal attributes, such as his empathy and likeability, while McCain is most liked for his experience. 81 percent of self-described “democratic” female voters will vote for Obama, and independent female voters far prefer Obama as well.
76 percent of former female Clinton supporters now support Barack Obama, but 18 percent of them will instead vote for McCain. Kellyanne Conway, a pollster at the Polling Company, Inc., said former Clinton Supporters would be more supportive of Obama if he chose a female running mate. When asked why Clinton did not win the nomination, one in five women responded that it was because of her gender.