Looking through PPP’s latest North Carolina poll, I came across the following. On the question of whether the choice of Biden made them more or less likely to vote for Obama, men said less by 32-29, while women said more by 32-24. On the question of whether the choice of Palin made them more or less likely to vote for McCain, men said more by 42-39, while women said less by 43-35. In each case, there’s an 11-point “cross-gender” gender gap. I thought the Palin choice was supposed to appeal to women of the Walmart variety, of whom there is no shortage in North Carolina. In fact, it’s the NASCAR men who go for her. Wonder why.
P.S. Oh, and of the 9 percent of Tar Heels who said the most important issue for them was “moral and family values,” 86 percent preferred McCain; 9 percent, Obama.