'He Doesn't Live On Another Planet. He Is Trying Not to Pontificate . . . A Lot of Women Will Identify with That'

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Polling data suggests David Cameron is building up a commanding lead among women voters. Political Editor Tomos Livingstone assesses the significance of the findings and wonders whether they really represent the key to the next election

WOMEN voters are crucial to the outcome of any British general election. That might sound like a statement of the obvious, and you only have to replace the word 'women' with 'men' to see how ridiculous it can be.

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'He Doesn't Live On Another Planet. He Is Trying Not to Pontificate . . . A Lot of Women Will Identify with That'

Nevertheless, it's true that, if women did not vote, Labour would have won every election since 1945. That gives more of an indication as to why politicians tend to get into a lather about the semi- mythical 'female vote' and why pollsters are so keen to identify any changes...

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