Palin may end up being a good choice for VP and add to the ticket (which time will tell) but you not because she's going to do well with women and steal those women votes.
I also do not think they did a thorough enough vetting process but that's another story (for instance...Obama's camp went to get archives for her daily newspaper...which weren't online and they told them they were the first people to ever ask and they will have to figure out to get it....FIRST ONES)
Anyways...
WOMEN DO NOT VOTE FOR OTHER WOMEN. GENDER 'S NOT LIKE RACE.
Clinton was an exception, she was viewed as a Clinton first...woman second...she was also in the public spotlight more than any woman ever.
I do not put much credence in the horse race factors of polls but dig underneath.....Look at every poll that has come out about Palin since announcement and before so.
There is a gender gap in each and every one, someone find one that isn't.
CNN poll
-Men appear to have a slightly favorably opinion of Palin than women; 41 percent of men view her favorably, five points higher than women.
Gallup poll
-By a narrow 41% to 35% margin, men said she was not ready to be president -- but women soundly rejected her, 48% to 25%.
-Overall, voters expressed a favorable impression of her by a 53/26 margin, but there was a severe gender gap on this: Men embraced her at 58% to 23%, while for women it was 48/30.
http://people-press.org/report/307/v...into-high-gear
Beyond Partisanship In addition to partisanship, other demographic differences emerged over what Americans see as positives and negatives when sizing up presidential candidates. Among the more noteworthy:
Older women are the most likely to say they would be less likely to vote for a female candidate. About one-in-five (21%) women ages 65 and older express reservations about voting for a woman for president, compared with just 8% of younger women, and 11% of men.
I also do not think they did a thorough enough vetting process but that's another story (for instance...Obama's camp went to get archives for her daily newspaper...which weren't online and they told them they were the first people to ever ask and they will have to figure out to get it....FIRST ONES)
Anyways...
WOMEN DO NOT VOTE FOR OTHER WOMEN. GENDER 'S NOT LIKE RACE.
Clinton was an exception, she was viewed as a Clinton first...woman second...she was also in the public spotlight more than any woman ever.
I do not put much credence in the horse race factors of polls but dig underneath.....Look at every poll that has come out about Palin since announcement and before so.
There is a gender gap in each and every one, someone find one that isn't.
CNN poll
-Men appear to have a slightly favorably opinion of Palin than women; 41 percent of men view her favorably, five points higher than women.
Gallup poll
-By a narrow 41% to 35% margin, men said she was not ready to be president -- but women soundly rejected her, 48% to 25%.
-Overall, voters expressed a favorable impression of her by a 53/26 margin, but there was a severe gender gap on this: Men embraced her at 58% to 23%, while for women it was 48/30.
http://people-press.org/report/307/v...into-high-gear
Beyond Partisanship In addition to partisanship, other demographic differences emerged over what Americans see as positives and negatives when sizing up presidential candidates. Among the more noteworthy:
Older women are the most likely to say they would be less likely to vote for a female candidate. About one-in-five (21%) women ages 65 and older express reservations about voting for a woman for president, compared with just 8% of younger women, and 11% of men.
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