Voting the Gender Gap

 Preface vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Lois Duke Whitaker 1. The History of the Gender Gaps 9 Barbara Norrander 2. Women and the Polls: Questions, Answers, Images 33 Kathleen A. Frankovic 3. The Reemergence of the Gender Gap in 2004 50 Cal Clark and ]anet ALM. Clark 4. Security Moms and Presidential Politics: Women Voters in the 2004 Election 75 Susan I. Carroll 5. Women Voters, Women Candidates: Is There a Gender Gap in Support for Women Candidates? 91 Kathleen A. Dolan 6. Using Exit Polls to Explore the Gender Gap in Campaigns for Senate and Governor oS8 Margie Ormero 7. Parenthood and the Gender Gap 119 Laurel Elder and Steven Greene 8. Sources of Political Unity and Disunity among Women: Placing the Gender Gap in Perspective 141 Leonie Huddy, Erin Cassese, and Mary-Kate Lizotte 9. The Gender Gap: A Comparison across Racial and Ethnic Groups 170 M. Margaret Conway Conclusion: When Women Vote, Are Women Empowered? 185 Lois Duke Whitaker Bibliography 191 Contributors 207 Index 211