Republicans' problem with women: Twice as many unmarried female voters supported Obama over Romney
The Republican party is suffering from a serious failure to attract the female vote, exit polls following the election released on Wednesday reveal.Just 44 per cent of female voters supported Mitt Romney, while 55 per cent voted to re-elect Barack Obama - and with women making up 53 per cent of the electorate, those numbers were enough to play a significant role in keeping the GOP out of the White House.
Republicans fared particularly poorly among single women, 67 per cent of whom voted for Obama while just 31 per cent supported Romney.
If Romney had been able to attract the votes of just half of women, he would have cruised to an easy victory.
Defeat: Mitt Romney lagged far behind Barack Obama among female voters in the presidential election
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