Please check out Katharine Q. Seelye's article and video on the female vote. Seelye doesn't point out that women rarely vote as a block, but don't mind that. I just want to you to listen to the women that she interviews on the video. Things are tough out there.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000001856152&playerType=embed
