Democrat vs Republican
On August 13, The Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll reported that President Obama leads Mitt Romney 54 percent to 39 percent among women. For college-educated women, Obama leads 63 percent to 32 percent. The differences between the two parties is where they stand on the concerns that women encounter on a daily basis
Democrats emphasize the benefits to women of the new health care law; their unwavering support of access to reproductive health care: their support of the Violence Against Women Act renewal and its marriage equality plank.
Republican emphasize that they believe that economic issues are most important to women, and the solution is to lower taxes for those in the upper income brackets and
cut federal government spending on services, like making Medicare a voucher program. The GOP is confident that women will find the party’s platform on access to contraception and abortion, marriage equality and renewal of the Violence Against Women Act to be a secondary concern for women voters.
