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Financial Crisis Sends Women Voters Flocking to Obama

Female registered voters favor Obama over McCain by 16 points.

Unmarried women will be to progressives what evangelicals were to conservatives. They will determine the future of this country.

In the end, women will swing this election. Might be a good moment to start speaking to them. And a cursory nod to women's rights isn't enough.

Ultimately, women have the power to decide this election. And unmarried women, the largest voting bloc, tend to lean left.

Both campaigns have been trying to the attention of female viewers -- during talk shows, soap operas, you name it.

Maddow looks at the numbers and finds that Palin really inspires women -- to vote for Obama.

Feminists believe in voting for a candidate based on what he or she will do for women. Unfortunately, Palin's uterus alone won't help much.

Unregistered voters create an unrepresentative electorate -- one of the greatest threats to a fair, democratic system.

A recent survey shows mixed results.

The five issues that most concern women this election year.

And he has help from Clinton, whose post-primary season message to her supporters is: Get over it and move on. I have.

The economy, war, the health care crisis and tax policies all affect women differently than men. And women have the power to change them all.

Thoughtful, undecided female NH voters rock the primary.