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Women And Palin
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Not as gullible as McCain seems to think they are.
Lust and envy
The Reality-Based Community —
August 30, 2008 [image] Lust and envy Posted by Mark Kleiman Nate at FiveThirtyEight.com says women are more skeptical of Sarah Palin than men. Ta-Nehesi Coates may have the explanation: some men are hot for her, and but she might make a middle-aged woman think of the pretty younger woman promoted who was over her head because her shape caught the boss's eye. Posted at 10:20 PM | TrackBack (0) | [image] | Thread: Campaign 2008 Comments Post a comment Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. ( sign ...
Women A Bit Suspicious Of Palin
Firedoglake —
... says that voters view Palin favorably by a 53/26 margin, but there appears to be a gender gap, and probably not in the direction that the McCain campaign had been hoping. Nate Silver: ...
Women More Skeptical of Palin Than Men
Matthew Yglesias —
... I don’t think this is very mysterious. Women and men have, on average, different political opinions with women being generally more left-wing than men are. Since Sarah Palin is very conservative, you’d expect women to be more dubious about her. Given a choice between two candidates with similar views on the issues (i.e., Obama v. Clinton) you see women flocking toward the woman, but given a choice between two tickets with very different views (i.e., Obama-Biden vs. McCain-Palin) women will back the more progressive ticket. ...
Weekly Feminist Reader
Feministing —
... women aren't buying the McCain-Palin ticket -- they're more skeptical of Palin than men are. Palin's first photograph at the RNC was with the political wives ...
Trust, Not Change
The Next Right —
... Yet, if women, and men (yes, they like her too!), from the Midwest and West are more enthusiastic about McCain, and if they turn out rather than sit out, it’s all over. Make room for McCain-Palin in the White House. ...
The GOP Economic War Against American Working Families: BuzzFlash Part 3: The Struggle of Lower Wage Working Women
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... next to them in a presidential ticket so they can catch a peek. Women read her body language and understand it without succumbing to it. Women listen to her tall-tales about her last pregnancy and are calling out the bullshit. Most of all, they are telling themselves, this is no Hillary Clinton."And that seems to be happening. It seems the smattering of Clinton supporters who came out for McCain were blown way out of proportion by the media. Also, polls show Palin is significantly more popular with men than women. But enough about image, experience, and change. You say ...
