WASHINGTON (AP) — Sorry, fellas, but President Barack Obama's re-election makes it official: Women can overrule men at the ballot box.For the first time in research dating to 1952, a presidential candidate whom men chose decisively — Republican Mitt Romney — lost. More women voted for the other guy.It's surprising it didn't happen sooner because women have been voting in larger numbers than men for almost three decades, exit polls show.But men, who make up less than half the U.S. population, always have exercised power greater than their numbers and they aren't about to stop now.When it comes to elections, males as a group are more influential because they show less party loyalty than women, who skew Democratic.Despite all the focus on candidates courting Hispanics or the working class, men are the nation's ultimate swing voters; they're why Republican George W. Bush became president and Republican John McCain didn't.Their move away from Obama this year expanded the voting "gender gap." It wasn't enough to determine the outcome, but came close.
i might offer this i have often referred to te electorate as fickle males have tried to rig ballot box from day one, no one was allowed to vote but the rich and therein is todays predicament.
womens sufferage, Blacks and Hispanic voting
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