Source: Reuters
Obama easily beating Romney among U.S. women: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON | Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:12pm EDT
(Reuters) - American women favor Barack Obama by a 14-point margin over Mitt Romney, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Tuesday, despite the recent partisan "Mommy Wars" flap over the role of women in society.
Fifty-one percent of registered women voters support the Democratic president, according to the poll, compared with 37 percent who favor Romney, the probable Republican nominee in the November 6 presidential election.
The survey was conducted Thursday through Sunday, after a Democratic cable television commentator said Romney's wife, Ann, who raised their five sons as a stay-at-home mom, cannot understand the economic challenges faced by many Americans because she has never had to hold a paying job.
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In a potentially troubling sign for Romney as he tries to overcome the traditional gender gap, in which women generally favor Democratic candidates over Republicans, more women voters rated Obama stronger on every issue.
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