The Volokh Conspiracy - How Majority of People Vote May Determine Election:

Breaking news from the New York Times:

In Virginia Race, Women May Be the Decider
By Robin Toner
FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 1 — There is, unquestionably, a striking amount of testosterone in the Virginia Senate race between Senator George Allen, football-tossing Republican conservative, and Jim Webb, Democrat, Vietnam veteran and chronicler of the warrior tradition.
But the real struggle in this exceedingly tight contest, one of a handful that will determine control of the Senate, may be decided by how women vote.

Given that Virginia has about 1.9 million registered female voters, compared with 1.6 million registered male voters, that prediction seems pretty safe. Of course, the Washington Post was all over this story last week.

	[Orin Kerr, November 3, 2006 at 12:20am] Trackbacks How Majority of People Vote May Determine Election: Breaking news from the New York Times: In Virginia Race, Women May Be the Decider By Robin Toner FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 1 — There is, unquestionably, a striking amount of testosterone in the Virginia Senate race between Senator George Allen, football-tossing Republican conservative, and Jim Webb, Democrat, Vietnam veteran and chronicler of the warrior tradition. But the real struggle in this exceedingly tight contest, one of a handful that will determine control of the Senate, may be decided by how women vote. Given that Virginia has about 1.9 million registered female voters, compared with 1.6 million registered male voters, that prediction seems pretty safe. Of course, the Washington Post was all over this story last week.