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Gender Gap
  Super Tuesday - Proportions of Men and Women Voting for Hillary Clinton
  This CAWP fact sheet lists proportions of men and women voting for Hillary Clinton in primary states on super Tuesday, February 5, 2008.
 
  Election 2006: Women’s Votes Pivotal in Shifting Control of US Senate to Democrats (.pdf)
  Women voters provided the critical margin of victory in three must-win races that enabled Democrats to regain control of the US Senate, according to exit polls conducted by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International.. This advisory gives the details.
 
  The Gender Gap Persists in 2004 Election (.pdf)
  The gender gap remained a notable factor in the 2004 presidential election, according to an analysis of exit poll data by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. This advisory gives the details.
 
  The Gender Gap in 2004 Election Widespread (.pdf)
  The gender gap is evident in almost all segments of the electorate. Across many different demographic categories, women less often than men voted for George W. Bush. This advisory provides a breakdown of the vote in various categories, e.g. race, age, marital status.
 
  The Gender Gap and the 2004 Women’s Vote: Setting the Record Straight (.pdf)
  Media coverage this election season has featured a great deal of misinformation about the gender gap and women’s voting patterns. This advisory explains the gender gap issue, the women's vote and provides some facts, both current and historical, on the gender gap and the women's vote.
 
  Gender Gap: Voting Choices In Presidential Elections (.pdf file)
  Lists percentages of women and men voting for presidential candidates 1980-2004. The gender gap in voting refers to the difference in the percentage of women and the percentage of men voting for a given candidate. A gender gap in voting for presidential candidates has been apparent in every election since 1980.
    
Gender Gap: Party Identification and Presidential Performance Ratings
 (.pdf file)
  Polling data from 1981-2004 on differences between men and women on party identification and presidential performance ratings, from Ronald Regan through George W. Bush.
    
Gender Gap: Attitudes on Public Policy
 (.pdf file)
  Polling data from 1994-1996 on differences between men and women on selected policy issues.
    
Gender Gap in the 2000 Elections 
  Gender Gap in Voter Turnout in 2000: Battleground States
A list of percentages and numbers of men and women voters in 18 states where the margin of victory for Bush or Gore in the 2000 elections was less than 7 percentage points.
    
Gender Gap in the 1998 Elections  (.pdf file)
 
  Women Voters and the Gender Gap
  This is a link to a web page established by the American Political Science Association Online (APSAnet) that discusses the gender gap in the 2004 election and historically, and provides a list of books and articles that offer more detailed information on the subject.

Voting Behavior
  Gender Differences in Voter Turnout in 2004
  An analysis of the U. S. Census data on differences in the number of men and women voting in 2004.
 
  Gender Differences in Voter Turnout  (.pdf file)
  Includes listing of percentages of men and women voting in presidential and non-presidential years from 1964 through 2004 and voter registration numbers from 1984 through 2004. Also includes a break down of differences between men and women voting by racial category (1984 - 2004) and age (1996 and 2004).
    
Voting Patterns of Young Men and Women  (.pdf file)
  Voting percentages and attitudes of young men and women from 1974 through 2004.

 

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