Is the predominance of female voters in the Dem primaries typical for primaries?

[godai]

I note 55/45 to 60/40 ratios for female/male voters in most Democratic primaries. Is this what might be considered obvious, females voting for Hillary or, is this more typical of past Democratic primaries (or some other explanation). I don't see this trend in the Republican primaries.

[TexasObserver]

1. it's a direct result of Hillary's candidacy

She's bringing out more women than usual, who are typically in the majority in the Democratic primaries, but not 60-40 or numbers near that.

[joshcryer]

3. That's not entirely true, women have voted more than men for the last decade or thereabouts.

I can get a link if you want. Hillary is of course probably bringing out more of them, but it's just following a trend that has been going on for a decade or two.

Women only recently passed men as actually getting out and voting here in the USA, they always took the back seat until the last decade.

[joshcryer]

2. Yep, women, for the last decade or so, have come out and voted in higher numbers than men.

In both the primaries and the GE.

[godai]

4. This applies more to Democratic women voters?

Thanks for your comment. I don't see the same trend in the Repub primaries.

I looked back at South Carolina. 61/39 female but, in this case Obama still won, due to heavy AA turnout. So, it's not impossible for Obama to win, despite more women voting, but I think it's potentially a roadblock to Obama ever catching Clinton in the delegate count. We'll learn more in the coming weeks. Will cash on hand be a factor, debates etc.?