Gender Is An Important Factor In Influencing The Outcome of the Presidential Election

The 2012 Presidential Elections were one of the closest elections America has ever seen. During the campaigns there was much uncertainty over who would win the election, many of the swing states became crucial in gaining for both candidates.It is though. In 2012 the women's vote was seen to be a lot more dominant, specifically unmarried women were seen to have a large INCREASE OF 8.3 million eligible votes. These women made up 23% of the electorate last year, almost a quarter. Traditionally Republicans have seen to have traditional views on issues that effect women for example abortion and rape. While women focus on these issues men usually focus on issues like the economy. This year many argued that Romney had the best proposals to help save the American economy. This could be why women voted very differently than men as well, 55% voted for Obama and 43% for Romney. The results were almost opposite for men with 45% voting for Obama and 52% for Romney. As a result of these views gender was a very important factor in the 2012 US elections. However, there are other factors like age, income and ethnicity all of which also had a great influence on the results last year.

Gender played a very important part in last years american presidential elections. Overall women make up 53% of the electorate in America, over half, so their vote plays a significant part in the final results. 55% of women voted for Obama with 44% voting for Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate.  Mitt Romney tried to win the women's vote by promising a better economy and therefore better wages for women. Yet ultimately women are thought to be more concerned with social issues like health care and abortion rights.  Many controversial statements were heard from Republican leaders resulting in the   loss of two safe republican seats. Obama supports giving women the right to an abortion and aims for universal health insurance, these appeal to women more than issues such as the economy do. Therefore gender played a vital role in the US presidential elections. However, this year the unmarried women category also had a prominent influence in the election. Some of these unmarried women are perhaps the head of their families with children or caring for the elderly. Despite Romney trying to use the economy to encourage women voters to vote for him it may of been this same issue that made 68% of unmarried women vote for Obama. Romney made many proposals to cut after school programmes and things like the Food Stamp scheme. However, typically unmarried women are poorer than married so it could be argued that income effected their votes more than their gender.

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