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Related: About this forumObama 2 to 1 with Single Women - Quinnipiac
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1770excerpt:
Driven by a yawning marriage gap, and a 2-1 lead among single women, President Barack Obama gets 46 percent of American voters to 43 percent for Gov. Mitt Romney, largely on the support of singles, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today.
Married voters back Romney 51 - 38 percent, while unmarried voters back President Obama 54 - 34 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Among married voters, Romney leads 54 - 35 percent among men and 49 - 42 percent among women. Among single voters, Obama leads 47 - 38 percent among men and 60 - 31 percent among women.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts gets a higher job approval rating, 46 - 34 percent, than the president, who logs a negative 45 - 49 percent score.
The Supreme Court itself gets a 47 - 41 percent approval rating. Voters disapprove 62 - 29 percent of the job Democrats in Congress are doing, and turn thumbs down on congressional Republicans 68 - 24 percent.
"Although much has been made about the gender gap and how President Barack Obama's lead among women fuels his campaign, the marriage gap is actually larger and more telling," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "Overall, President Obama has a 20-point lead among single voters compared to Romney's 13- point margin among married voters.
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Obama 2 to 1 with Single Women - Quinnipiac (Original Post)
flamingdem
Jul 2012
OP
I think it's more likely that conservatives, in general, are more likely to be married.
gkhouston
Jul 2012
#4
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. I remember when I was 2 to 1 with single women...
Then middle age set in.
flamingdem
(39,335 posts)3. I think a lot of people are reading this news in a flirty way
-- especially when there are titles like this:
Single women put Obama on top (ABC News)
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)2. What happens to people when they marry? do they suddenly become conservative?
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)4. I think it's more likely that conservatives, in general, are more likely to be married.
I'd like to see a comparison of the distribution and number of single vs. married voters between this election and previous ones.
polichick
(37,152 posts)7. A lot of married women don't want to "cancel out" their husbands' votes...
Freaking idiots!
Tom Rinaldo
(22,919 posts)5. This could lead to increased support for Obama from Men
...who are hoping to date single women.
abolugi
(417 posts)6. well...
THIS married white woman supports President Obama 1000%!!!
Rosanna Lopez
(308 posts)8. Republican women
It's disturbing that there are tens of millions of women, particularly married women, who vote Republican.