Voted for mccain voted for obama
female voters 43% 55%
male voters 49% 49%
data courtesy of nbc (2008)
read the above table. the statistics in it estimate voters’ support for the two most popular presidential candidates in the 2008 election. how do these numbers show the importance of female voters in the united states?

In the United States, female residents outnumber male residents. Female citizens are more likely to vote, and during the 2008 election, they greatly outnumbered male voters (by millions of votes). The information shown on the table indicates that female voters were more likely to support Barack Obama, while male voters were split between Obama and John McCain. The number of female citizens who voted for Obama was significant enough to propel Obama to victory in the 2008 election.