[But the polls do suggest that plenty of women are in motion, and Kerry has had to struggle since the beginning of this race to win them over a struggle he can't afford to lose, given that men back Bush over Kerry by a solid margin. Al Gore carried the women's vote by 11 percentage points in 2000, but it was still not enough to win him the White House.] Both parties have had a gender gap Democrats with men and Republicans with women, ... At the moment, our gender gap has been fixed, and theirs hasn't.
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