Obama 2 to 1 with Single Women - Quinnipiac

[flamingdem]

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1770

excerpt:

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.

[jberryhill]

1. I remember when I was 2 to 1 with single women...

Then middle age set in.

[flamingdem]

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]

2. What happens to people when they marry? do they suddenly become conservative?

[gkhouston]

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]

7. A lot of married women don't want to "cancel out" their husbands' votes...

Freaking idiots!

[Tom Rinaldo]

5. This could lead to increased support for Obama from Men

...who are hoping to date single women.

[abolugi]

6. well...

THIS married white woman supports President Obama 1000%!!!

[Rosanna Lopez]

8. Republican women

It's disturbing that there are tens of millions of women, particularly married women, who vote Republican.