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Women Are Watching& We’re Keeping Score!

WOMEN VOTERS FOR THE WIN (FTW)

Women Voters Key To Coalition For Progressive Wins

Reproductive Health Key To Progressive Vote

2012 Vote By GenderUSA TOTALMen: (47% of voters)Women: (53% of voters)18 point gender gapNEVADA – PresidentialMen: (47% of voters)Women: (53% of voters)17 point gender gapNEVADA - SenateMen: (47% of voters)Women: (53% of voters)16 point gender gap

OBAMA45%55%

+10 pointsOBAMA

48%57%

+9 pointsBERKLEY

41%48%

+7 points

ROMNEY52%44%

-8 pointsROMNEY

49%41%

-8 pointsHELLER

51%42%

-9 points

Women In The Progressive Coalition

White Women Black Women Hispanic Women0%

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Marriage Gap In The Coalition

Married Men Married Women Unmarried Men Unmarried Women

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Married Voters (60%):42% Obama; 56% Romney

Unmarried Voters (40%):62% Obama; 35% Romney

“We are starting to see women in command as less of a novelty, less of a curious phenomenon to be dissected in all of its fascinating manifestations—Will she cry? Can she wage wars? Can she bake cookies and wage wars at the same time?—and more as a normal part of our political landscape.” (Slate.com)

“It’s the gender gap, stupid! Nevada women doom Romney”

ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS 2 MONTHS AGO

RENO (AP) — In his bid to take Nevada, Mitt Romney made inroads among several voting groups that had been solidly behind President Barack Obama. The Republican challenger claimed majority support among independents and even attracted a few black and...

Nevadans Favor Keeping Abortion Legal by 2:1 Margin

TOTAL NEVADA RESPONSES OBAMA ROMNEY

Always legal (33%) 73% 26%

Mostly legal (30%) 54% 44%

Mostly illegal (20%) 34% 65%

Always illegal (10%)

Abortion Should Be…

“Birth control is a private matter between a woman and her doctor and state legislatures should not interfere.”

93%

7% Nevada VotersAgreeDisagree

“It’s women’s issues, stupid!”

Paycheck Fairness Act is?

Dana Perino, Fox News contributor, photo by Huffington Post

“A distraction…

…not a job creator.”

So Called War On Women?

John McCain, Arizona Senator, photo by Huffington Post

“Purely political … to distractcitizens from real issues thatmatter.”

Violence Against Women Act?"I think it's unfortunate that

The Democrats have made a political football out of

this thing, which I think is what they keep doing to

distract from real problems that are facing our nation,"

Sarah Steelman, Missouri candidate for U.S. Senate, photo by Daily Kos

Contraception?

Nikki Haley, Governor of South Carolina, photo by The Blackberry Alarmclock

“Women don't care about contraception. They care about jobs and the economy and raising their families and all those other things.”

“Women (and women’s issues) were part of Obama’s big happy rainbow party.” (Slate.com)

“WE BUILT THIS”WOMEN ON BIRTH CONTROL BUILT THIS!

WOMEN ARE WATCHINGAND WE’RE KEEPING SCORE!

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