Conservative women

[Kelley]

At 12:33 PM 11/7/01 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
>Rob Schaap wrote:
>
>>All ditto in Australia, according to the Roy Morgan polling people.  They
>>have 6% more of men intending to vote Labor.
>
>In the U.S., the gender gap in national politics first appeared in the 
>1980 election. It's stayed in the 5-10 percentage point range ever since; 
>in 1972 and 1976, there was no difference between male and female preferences.
>
>Doug

and, at that point, the gender gap wasn't about women becoming more 
conservative, but about men becoming more conservative.

kelley