Tag Archives: Gender Gap

Race and the gender gap: White women supported Romney by 56 to 42 percent

By Maya | Published: November 12, 2012
TweetAccording to exit poll headlines, “women” helped carry Obama to victory. Indeed, women overall did favor the president over Romney by 55 percent to 44 percent. But women–who make up 53 percent of the electorate–compose a pretty large and diverse group. Slicing and dicing the data gives us a clearer picture of exactly which women [...]
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The gender gap in presidential politics approaches an all-time high

By Maya | Published: October 22, 2012
TweetAccording to Nate Silver, the gender gap in this year’s election could rival the 20-point high in the 2000 election between Bush and Gore: Weird. Wonder if this has anything to do with that “war on women” that totally doesn’t exist. Tweet
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The gender gap is closed? Yeah right.

By zerlina | Published: October 10, 2012
TweetThe lastest poll numbers have everyone freaking out but one thing about Pew poll stood out to me:  The poll has Romney and Obama tied among likely women voters.  The last time the poll was conducted a month ago, President Obama had an 18 point lead. So what gives?  Over at the New York Daily [...]
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Where are the women? 2012 election coverage edition

By Maya | Published: June 1, 2012
TweetIn case the latest moderately hopeful stats from the Op-Ed Project had you optimistic about the gender gap in media, here’s a maddening infographic to ruin your Friday. The 4th Estate, a project that’s tracking media coverage of the 2012 election, has broken down the gender gap when it comes to who’s been quoted in [...]
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Where are the women? Cannes Film Festival edition

By Maya | Published: May 21, 2012
TweetAt this year’s Cannes Film Festival, 22 films directed by 22 men will compete for the prestigious top award. But to feminist criticism of that dismal lineup, Cannes says, essentially, “Well, you can’t make us pick a girl just because she’s a girl.” Of course, those numbers are pretty standard for Cannes. Last year there [...]
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