---
title: "Mind the Gender Gap"
description: "A lot of attention has been paid to the women’s vote in the first two Democratic nominating contests. In the Iowa caucuses, Barack Obama won a narrow victory over Hillary Clinton among female voters. But in New Hampshire women rallied to the former first lady giving her a huge 46 percent to 34 percent margin, […]"
date: "2008-01-18"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2008/01/18/mind-the-gender-gap-2/"
categories:
  - "Election 2008"
  - "Gender"
  - "Gender & LGBTQ"
  - "Gender & Politics"
  - "Politics & Policy"
  - "U.S. Elections & Voters"
---

# Mind the Gender Gap

A lot of attention has been paid to the women’s vote in the first two Democratic nominating contests. In the Iowa caucuses, Barack Obama won a narrow victory over Hillary Clinton among female voters. But in New Hampshire women rallied to the former first lady giving her a huge 46 percent to 34 percent margin, which was the deciding factor in her comeback win.

[Read the full article at nytimes.com](http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/mind-the-gender-gap/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=opinion&_r=4&)