Women's Voices. Women Vote. A gender gap on health care
From MSNBC’s First Read:
“According to last month’s NBC/WSJ poll, both men and women rank the economy as their top concern (56% of men and 55% of women had it as their No. 1 or No. 2 issue). But then there’s a fascinating disparity: 46% of women rank health care as one of their top-two concerns, versus 34% of men who think that—a 12-point difference. On the other hand, a combined 39% of men rank the deficit and spending as a top-two concern, versus 29% of women who do— a 10-point difference. So women care more about health care than men do, while men are more concerned about the deficit and spending. What’s more, women overall support Obama’s health-care plans more than men do. Per last month’s poll, women support Obama’s plan by a 40%-38% margin. By comparison, men oppose it by a 44%-38% clip. So here’s your battle of the sexes: Women are more inclined to be health-care voters, while men are deficit/spending voters.”
WVWV is looking into whether or not there is also marriage gap – and we’ll report back on whether there is any difference in concerns about health care and Obama’s plans between unmarried and married women.