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2008 Election Gender Gap
Ballot Measures | Women Elected to Congress | Pro-Choice Seats |
Balance of Power | Gender Gap
Gender Gap in Presidential Race
National |
WOMEN |
MEN |
GENDER GAP |
OBAMA |
56% |
49% |
7 points |
MCCAIN |
43% |
48% |
|
States Obama Won
Women Margin of Victory: Won Majority of Women, Lost Majority of Men
STATE |
WOMEN |
MEN |
GENDER GAP |
CO |
56% |
49% |
7 points |
IN |
52% |
47% |
5 points |
MO (undeclared) |
50% |
48% |
2 points |
NH |
61% |
49% |
12 points |
NC |
55% |
43% |
12 points |
Won Majority of Women, and 50% of Men
STATE |
WOMEN |
MEN |
GENDER GAP |
IA |
55% |
50% |
5 points |
MN |
57% |
50% |
7 points |
Won Majority of Women and Men
STATE |
WOMEN |
MEN |
GENDER GAP |
CA |
64% |
58% |
6 points |
CT |
66% |
53% |
13 points |
DE |
70% |
52% |
18 points |
DC |
93% |
91% |
2 points |
FL |
52% |
51% |
1 point |
HI |
72% |
72% |
0 points |
IL |
64% |
57% |
7 points |
ME |
64% |
52% |
12 points |
MD |
64% |
59% |
5 points |
MI |
60% |
52% |
8 points |
NV |
59% |
53% |
6 points |
MA |
65% |
55% |
10 points |
NM |
59% |
54% |
5 points |
NY |
67% |
59% |
8 points |
OH |
53% |
51% |
2 points |
OR |
61% |
58% |
3 points |
NJ |
58% |
56% |
2 points |
PA |
59% |
51% |
8 points |
RI |
70% |
52% |
18 points |
VT |
71% |
63% |
8 points |
VA |
53% |
51% |
2 points |
WA |
60% |
58% |
2 points |
WI |
60% |
53% |
7 points |
Democratic Senate Pickups
Women Margin of Victory: Won Majority of Women, Lost Majority of Men
STATE |
WOMEN |
MEN |
GENDER GAP |
AK – Begich |
55% |
39% |
16 points |
NH – Shaheen |
60 % |
45% |
15 points |
NC – Hagan |
55% |
47% |
8 points |
OR – Merkley |
50% |
49% |
1 point |
Won Majority of Women and 50% Men
STATE |
WOMEN |
MEN |
GENDER GAP |
CO – Udall |
56% |
50% |
6 points |
Won Majority of Women and Men
STATE |
WOMEN |
MEN |
GENDER GAP |
NM – Udall |
63% |
56% |
6 points |
VA – Warner |
67% |
63% |
4 points |
Undecided
STATE |
WOMEN |
MEN |
GENDER GAP |
MN – Coleman Leading |
38% |
46% |
- 8 points |
All data from Edison Media Research Exit Polls. Available at CNN.
Report by Jennifer Jackman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Salem State College