Reply #30: OK ---- I am Back

[javadu]

I am just asking what is a gender gap? Is it calculated by comparing the number of men and women who support a candidate? Or, is it calculated by comparing support of women and men between candidates? I think that the comparisons of candidates are more important than comparing support within the group of a single canididates supporters.

One way to look at it is that Clark has a 13pt gender because he gets more support from men than women. However, I find the candidate comparisons more interesting (and more important). For example, it may be that Dean has a 3pt gender gap because 3% fewer women to support him women who support Clark. Isn't the latter analyses more important than the former?