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...Courting Missouri's Moms In one of three upper South statesthat Democrats need to win to take control of the Senate, the gender gap could make the difference
...mother died of the disease in 1988. But like everything a candidate does in campaign season, the pink arch event was also high-wattage politics - part of a massive push by the first-term incumbent Senator to woo nearly two million other women: those registered to vote in Missouri. Talent did an Arbor Day event and a $300,000 fundraiser with the First Lady the same day. He has a dedicated campaign arm called "Women for Talent" that has held nine events since July. His top pollster, Linda DiVall, is an expert in reading the interests of women voters...
...mere 20,000 votes, in part by appealing to women. This time, he said at a Women for Talent event with North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole last week, "we're doing it all bigger." A total of 217,000 more women than men voted in Missouri in 2004. Women there, as around the country, are typically less party-loyal than men, decide later how they will vote and are more affected by late-campaign negative advertising. Most important, his Democratic opponent, the popular State Auditor Claire McCaskill, is pursing them aggressively. "The issues we're talking about in this campaign...
...women vote Nov. 7 is not just Talent's problem: control of the Senate may depend on it. To take back the Senate> in 2007, Democrats probably need to win two out of three races in the red state redoubts of Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia. "In those Senate races the Democrats are going to lose the men," says Democratic pollster Celinda Lake. "The question is will they win enough of the women to make up for it." Strategists in bo> th parties are parsing female demographics for advantage. Democratic strategists working in the Virginia and Tennessee races say married women...
...Courting Missouri's Moms In one of three upper South statesthat Democrats need to win to take control of the Senate, the gender gap could make the difference