[Hermann the Cherusker]

How do we know how men and women really vote? Is there any real evidence for such a large gender gap beyond polls?

[MarlboroRed]

The exit polls of 2000 had Bush winning men 53-42 (white men 60-36) and 43-54 among women (white women 49-48). The exit polls of 2002, however, had Republicans almost even among women, winning big time among white women.

I don't see how the dynamics and security needs of women have changed much since 2002.

That's why I think Rasmussen is bunk. The gender gap is very real and very big, but the Republicans are making gains among women and the Democrats are not making gains among men.