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To: tejek who wrote (123893)	10/15/2012 7:23:12 PM
From: Broken_Clock	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

My guess is the cool black dude thing is over. Women want security and times are hard. Got your Mormon underwear ready? +++++ Swing States poll: Women push Romney into lead IN THE SWING STATES, THE POWER OF WOMEN A new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll of the Swing States shows Mitt Romney with a lead among likely voters as he strengthens his standing with women in the nation's top battlegrounds. Candidate matchupsStates that could decide the electionThe issues that matterIn their own words: The issues of importance to men, women Source: USA TODAY/Gallup Poll of Swing States taken Oct. 5-11 in Colo., Fla., Iowa, Mich., Nev., N.H., N.M., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Va. and Wis. Margins of error: +/- 4 to 6 percentage points. Nationwide head-to-head matchup based on Gallup daily tracking poll of registered voters Oct. 10-11. Margin of error: +/- 4 points. Kevin A. Kepple and Susan Page, USA TODAY Susan Page, USA TODAYShare Comments (Photo: Charles Dharapak, AP) STORY HIGHLIGHTSRomney holds 4-point lead in swing states among likely votersGains made among female voters have been key for the GOP nomineeEnthusiasm about voting has risen in both parties6:11PM EDT October 15. 2012 - WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney leads President Obama by four percentage points among likely voters in the nation's top battlegrounds, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, and he has growing enthusiasm among women to thank. As the presidential campaign heads into its final weeks, the survey of voters in 12 crucial swing states finds female voters much more engaged in the election and increasingly concerned about the deficit and debt issues that favor Romney. The Republican nominee now ties the president among women who are likely voters, 48%-48%, while he leads by 12 points among men. MORE: Follow who's up and who's down in the polls The battle for women, which was apparent in the speakers spotlighted at both political conventions this summer, is likely to help define messages the candidates deliver at the presidential debate Tuesday night and in the TV ads they air during the final 21 days of the campaign. As a group, women tend to start paying attention to election contests later and remain more open to persuasion by the candidates and their ads. That makes women, especially blue-collar "waitress moms" whose families have been hard-hit by the nation's economic woes, the quintessential swing voters in 2012's close race. "In every poll, we've seen a major surge among women in favorability for Romney" since his strong performance in the first debate, veteran Democratic pollster Celinda Lake says. "Women went into the debate actively disliking Romney, and they came out thinking he might understand their lives and might be able to get something done for them." While Lake believes Obama retains an edge among women voters, the changed views of Romney could be "a precursor to movement" to the Republican candidate, she says. "It opens them up to take a second look, and that's the danger for Obama."