Dark Star

Time discusses why Hillary didn't get more of the women's vote and in doing so they break it down by older women (voted for Hillary) and younger women (voted for Obama) and those in the middle, which were split. The article then goes on to explain the difference between optimist feminists and pessimist feminists.

I think what they should do is break it down by married women and single women. But they don't. I think single liberal women are more likely to vote Obama.

I also find it amusing that the article makes an assumption that the only women who would vote Democrat is a feminist.

One of the Democratic campaign's great misperceptions has been that Clinton held an overwhelming advantage among women voters. But that isn't the case. As expected, Clinton captured the over-65 vote, and Obama won over younger women. But women in the middle split almost evenly between the two. And while both Senators boasted historic candidacies, Obama's seemed to resonate more deeply, translating into 70%, 80% and even 90% of the black vote in primary contests. No one expected Clinton to sweep 90% of Democratic women voters, but 60% wouldn't have been an unreasonable accomplishment for the first woman to have a serious chance of winning the presidency. Instead, Clinton won just over a majority of women's votes.