Elizabeth Nolan Brown on What Democrats Think Women Voters Want

With less than one week left until the 2014
elections, Democrats and Republicans are doubling down on the fight
for U.S. Senate seats in several key states. For Democrats, this
tends to mean ramping up rhetoric that paints GOP opponents as bad
for women’s health, livelihoods, and reproductive freedom. But are
female voters buying it? And, if so, will that actually translate
to wins for liberal candidates?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown takes a look at the poll numbers and finds
that “War on Women” rhetoric hasn’t been the golden ticket many
candidates—and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee—hoped
it would be this election. Even (or perhaps especially) in races
where “women’s issues” have been a central focus, Democratic
candidates are seeing only modest leads among female voters.
Meanwhile, many of these candidates trail terribly among the male
electorate. 

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