What Do Women Want? A Woman on the Ticket!
September 08, 2008 5:43 PM
<!-- Natalie Gewargis
-->A new ABC News/Washington Post poll shows Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., making up huge ground among white women since putting Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on the ticket.
<A href="http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Politics/story?id=5751238&page=1 "White women have moved">Reports ABC News Polling Director Gary Langer: "From 50-42 percent in Obama’s favor before the conventions to 53-41 percent for McCain now, a 20-point shift that’s one of the single biggest post-convention changes in voter preferences."
Among white women, 67 percent view Palin favorably; 58 percent say her selection makes them more confident in McCain’s decision-making.
Among those with children, Palin does even better than that.
September 08, 2008 5:43 PM
<!-- Natalie Gewargis
-->A new ABC News/Washington Post poll shows Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., making up huge ground among white women since putting Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on the ticket.
<A href="http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Politics/story?id=5751238&page=1 "White women have moved">Reports ABC News Polling Director Gary Langer: "From 50-42 percent in Obama’s favor before the conventions to 53-41 percent for McCain now, a 20-point shift that’s one of the single biggest post-convention changes in voter preferences."
Among white women, 67 percent view Palin favorably; 58 percent say her selection makes them more confident in McCain’s decision-making.
Among those with children, Palin does even better than that.