By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
Associated Press Writer
MONROE, N.Y. – They’re worried about putting food on the table and paying the bills. They’re frustrated that more hasn’t changed since President Barack Obama was elected. And they feel like nobody in Washington – Republican or Democrat – has a clue what they’re up against.
America’s women, who typically are more likely to vote Democratic, have emerged as a key swing voting bloc that could sway this fall’s midterm congressional elections. And an Associated Press-GfK poll suggests that those women most apt to turn out in November are shifting away from the Democrats.
The poll found that on the surface, among registered voters, women preferred Democrats to Republicans by 12 points – about the same margin by which they voted in the 2006 and 2008 elections, according to exit polls.