According to this author, Palin's nomination as VP has actually hurt McCain's popularity. This was very surprising to me considering his choice seemed so blatantly obvious to be a political maneuver. Barack Obama has a 17 point lead among women. Furthermore, women who support Palin seem to be more persuaded by her conservative views (pro-life, stance on stemcell research) than the fact that she is a woman. I find this hard to believe, considering the case of Hillary Clinton supporters who have now switched boats (see previous blogpost).
It is great for women to have someone they feel can relate to. Some women even characterize her nomination as "brilliant." However, perhaps gender is not as pervasive of an issue as I have originally thought in the birth of the campaign season and will not play as important of a deciding factor in this election.
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After reading your blog, I went and read the article and the "Moms4SarahPalin" blog as well. Tami is a very interesting character and I found her blog very entertaining. Some of the things she writes seem entirely outrageous.
Anyway, I was very surprised as well by the fact that Palin's nomination has done more bad than good for John McCain's campaign. From the way she speaks to America, about her family and her life as a Mother, it seems as though many more women would be eager to vote for her, rather than turning away.
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