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Dates: during 1980-1980
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There were a few omens that Carter might be gaining ground. Some members of New York's Jewish community detected a gradual, if reluctant, shift back toward Carter among their group; the President must have strong Jewish support to carry a state he needs badly. Reagan still had an edge in Pennsylvania, although there was a slight trend toward the President. In Illinois, a Chicago Tribune poll showed that Carter had taken a lead over Reagan (34% to 29%, with Anderson at 12.5% and a vital 17.5% undecided). In Ohio, labor leaders seemed to be having some success...
Reagan made a none-too-subtle pitch last week for the biggest voting group of all: the nation's women. He revealed that "one of his first" appointments to the Supreme Court would be female. But that single gesture was hardly likely to overcome a more general wariness among women about Reagan's ability to keep the nation at peace...
...that as it may, the Reagan strategists are concerned about reaching women voters on several counts. Polls show that more women support the President than the Republican, particularly in some of the big battleground states. There are more women than men in the group of undecided voters whose allegiance on Election Day may be crucial. And there are more potential women voters than men voters in the U.S. population (about 52%). Women tend to turn out to vote in the same ratio as men and their numbers could prove decisive in a close election, as this one is expected...
...analysts agree that Reagan is also hurt among women by his failure to support their right to abortions and the Equal Rights Amendment. The National Organization for Women, which has 125,000 members, organized picketing for most of Reagan's public appearances this month. Still, the same group has not endorsed Carter-a way of punishing him for not pushing hard enough to win ratification of the ERA by even one state legislature since he took office, and for his stand on abortions for the poor. Few women, however, are expected to vote for Carter or Reagan solely because...
Feet apart, fists chopping the air, Culver roars that he received a zero-percent rating from Christian Voice, a fundamentalist lobbying group. With fire and brimstone in his voice, he adds sarcastically: "If you were for SALT II, you couldn't be a good Christian. If you were for normalization of relations with China, you couldn't be a good Christian. My opponent [who got a 100% rating] voted against foreign aid. What would Jesus Christ have said to that when 1 billion people in the world are going to bed hungry every night...