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Men Tend to Bail on Election Day

Harry Kimball — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:27:00 CDT

The percentage of men who vote has been falling for 40 years, and will likely continue to drop this year, Newsweek reports. Total voter turnout has been dropping since a record high in 1964, but men appear particularly hamstrung by gender-specific factors. More go to prison, fewer attend college, and...

Why White Men Are Warming Up to Hillary

Katherine Thompson — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:47:04 CDT

When a woman makes it to the White House, it will be thanks largely to Hillary Clinton's demonstration of late that she could move beyond annoying stereotypes of the strong female, writes Susan Faludi in the New York Times. Instead of being a goody-goody rules-pusher—"the purse-lipped killjoy who passes...

Obama Loses Ground: Poll

Peter Fearon — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:33:41 CDT

Barack Obama's popularity has slipped in the past month, especially among men and rich voters, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll. His favorability rating dropped 7 percentage points to 62% during the fallout over inflammatory remarks from his pastor, but the dropoff appears to have leveled off, the...

Obama Surges in National Poll

Peter Fearon — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:17:46 CST

Barack Obama has opened up a lead of 16 points over Hillary Clinton among voters nationwide and is seen as the candidate with the best chance to beat John McCain, according to a new poll from CBS and the New York Times . Obama had a lead of 54% to 38%...