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Women Heavily Favor Obama in Donations (WSJ)

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Nambe (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Sep-23-08 01:00 AM
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Women Heavily Favor Obama in Donations (WSJ)
Source: Wall Street Journal

Women have donated twice as much money to Barack Obama than John McCain in the 2008 election, reversing past trends that favored Republicans, according to an analysis by the Women's Campaign Forum Foundation.


In the 2000 election, women donated twice as much to then-presidential candidate George W. Bush as to his Democratic rival, Al Gore. In the 2004 election, women donated about the same amount to Mr. Bush and to Democratic Sen. John Kerry. ...

Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122213281072465941.html...
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   this is a good trend  Skittles   Sep-23-08 02:31 AM   #1 
   Whose ass were you kicking while you did it?  trotsky   Sep-23-08 02:45 PM   #4 
   but...i thought all the older white women were voting mccain--  orleans   Sep-23-08 04:24 AM   #2 
   Did you notice how the "white people won't vote Obama" polls were up three days straight over the  readmoreoften   Sep-23-08 05:19 AM   #3 
   I'm an older white woman......  llmart   Sep-23-08 03:38 PM   #6 
   i know. i think with this economy crap we're all older white women now  orleans   Sep-23-08 03:45 PM   #7 
   Almost seems like the lie is to take away blame from older white men... who ARE favoring McCain.  PelosiFan   Sep-23-08 03:50 PM   #9 
   Not so... my gramma is voting Obama! She also donated $! nt  crossroads   Sep-23-08 10:12 PM   #12 
   Oh, but I thought women favored the Palin/McCain ticket.  SalviaBlue   Sep-23-08 03:03 PM   #5 
   Now just think of where we'd be if women didn't make  hedgehog   Sep-23-08 03:50 PM   #8 
   This one sure does. n/t  Triana   Sep-23-08 04:15 PM   #10 
   Can We Put the PUMA Stories to Bed, Now?  Crisco   Sep-23-08 09:35 PM   #11 
 
Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Sep-23-08 02:31 AM
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1. this is a good trend
for the record, I donated to Obama
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Sep-23-08 02:45 PM
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4. Whose ass were you kicking while you did it?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Sep-23-08 04:24 AM
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2. but...i thought all the older white women were voting mccain--
at least that's what the media keeps saying the polls are showing.

(yeah, right. suuure that's what the polls are showing.)
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Sep-23-08 05:19 AM
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3. Did you notice how the "white people won't vote Obama" polls were up three days straight over the
weekend?

You'd think they'd take a poll like that in--oh, i dunno--2005. Nice set up.
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llmart (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Sep-23-08 03:38 PM
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6. I'm an older white woman......
and I gave to Obama and intend to give more next week.
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Sep-23-08 03:45 PM
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7. i know. i think with this economy crap we're all older white women now
and we're all voting obama!
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Sep-23-08 03:50 PM
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9. Almost seems like the lie is to take away blame from older white men... who ARE favoring McCain.
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crossroads (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Sep-23-08 10:12 PM
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12. Not so... my gramma is voting Obama! She also donated $! nt
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SalviaBlue Donating Member (775 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Sep-23-08 03:03 PM
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5. Oh, but I thought women favored the Palin/McCain ticket.
I trust this as an indictor of where women stand more than the polls.

recommended.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Sep-23-08 03:50 PM
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8. Now just think of where we'd be if women didn't make
70 cents on the dollar!
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Sep-23-08 04:15 PM
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10. This one sure does. n/t
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11. Can We Put the PUMA Stories to Bed, Now?
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