For Clinton, sisterhood is powerful — and Trump helps
I wish I could wave a magic wand and make the GE for tomorrow.
For Clinton, sisterhood is powerful and Trump helps
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/10/hillary-clinton-women-voters/86793244/
Susan Page, USA TODAY 8:26 p.m. EDT July 10, 2016
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Female voters overwhelmingly back Clinton
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's significant advantage among female voters is partly a result of antipathy toward Republican Donald Trump. USA TODAY
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The woman's card? Hillary Clinton is playing it and Donald Trump is helping her.
As the Democratic National Convention prepares to make history by nominating a woman for president, women in national polls are giving Clinton the highest level of female support of any candidate in more than four decades and the widest gender gap ever recorded. Clinton's lead of a yawning 24 percentage points in the latest Pew Research Center Poll not only among Democratic partisans but also from women who typically vote Republican is an electoral challenge for the GOP that imperils Trump's ability to win the White House.
In interviews with women across the country by the USA TODAY Network, some supporters are elated by the prospect of shattering what Clinton has called "the final, hardest glass ceiling," electing the first female president. "It's about time," says Stephanie Parra, 31, an education consultant in Phoenix. The Latina says Clinton is "breaking barriers for us.".................
THEYRE WITH HER
In the latest Pew Research Center poll, the percentage of female registered voters who support or lean toward supporting Clinton: