Issues

Top 5 named issues 

%	The Economy (general)	Unemployment/Jobs	Federal Deficit	Government	Poor Healthcare/hospitals
Men	29	24	17	12	7
Women	29	28	10	9	14

http://www.gallup.com/poll/148001/subgroups-say-economy-jobs-important-problem.aspx

 

Most Important Financial Issues

%	Lack of Money/Low Wages	Healthcare Costs	Too much debt/not enough to pay debt	Inflation/Cost of Living	Unemployment/Loss of Job
Men	16	8	14	9	7
Women	17	16	8	10	10

http://www.gallup.com/poll/148625/lack-money-tops-list-americans-financial-worries.aspx

 

Pro-Choice vs. Pro-Life

%	Pro-Choice	Pro-Life
Men	39	54
Women	44	49

http://www.gallup.com/poll/118399/more-americans-pro-life-than-pro-choice-first-time.aspx

 

Among the Mormon Population:

%	Conserv	Rep/Lean Rep	Abortion Illegal	Smaller Gov’t	Military Strength	Margin of Error
Male	64	67	69	63	42	7
Female	56	63	70	50	32	6

http://pewforum.org/Christian/Mormon/A-Portrait-of-Mormons-in-the-US–Social-and-Political-Views.aspx

 

Leadership Traits

% saying the trait is more true of:

	Honest	Intelligent	Hardworking	Decisive	Ambitious	Compassionate	Outgoing	Creative
Male	20	14	28	44	34	5	28	11
Female	50	38	28	33	34	80	47	62

*note- traits listed in order of public’s ranking of their importance to leadership

 

Other notes from the study

• 69% of those surveyed said women and men make equally good political leaders, but ironically/paradoxically considering women were ranked higher in “important leadership traits”, 21% still said men made better leaders but only 6% said women make better political leaders.
• The biggest reason why respondents said women are not elected to higher office is Americans are not ready, they are held back by men, and women face discrimination in all areas including politics

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2008/08/25/men-or-women-whos-the-better-leader/

 

 

Are men or women better at…

% Working out Compromises Keeping gov’t honest Representing your Interest Standing up for what they Believe Dealing with social Issues Crime/Public Safety Nat’l Security/Defense Male 16 10 18 16 7 42 54 Female 42 34 28 23 52 12 7

 

*The only thing that men out-perform women in is Crime/Public Safety and National Security/Defense

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2008/08/25/men-or-women-whos-the-better-leader/