If only men had voted:

George Bush would have tied up Florida 53 to 43% for an electoral college victory; instead, women’s 54 to 44% vote in the state kept Gore’s hopes for Florida’s 25 electoral votes alive;

Bush would have had a clear victory in the country’s popular vote, 53 to 42; because women voted 54 to 42% for Gore, he stunned the pundits by winning the popular vote;

Bill Nelson, who won the votes of women 57 to 40% in his race for the U.S. Senate seat from Florida, would have seen his victory dashed 52 to 46%;

Jeanne Carnahan would not be coming to the U.S. Senate won by her husband, who would have lost 52-47%; women voters gave her the edge 53 to 46%;

Debbie Stabenow would have lost to incumbent Senator Spence Abraham in Michigan 45 to 53%; women voters’ 55 to 42% support for Stabenow defeated Abraham and conventional wisdom on the invincibility of incumbents;

Gov. Howard Dean, who won women’s vote 56 to 33%, would have found himself in a 44 to 44% deadlock after being targeted by conservatives for signing the Vermont civil unions act into law; and

Gov. Jeanne Shaheen would have lost her re-election bid in New Hampshire by 42 to 50%; women’s strong 56 to 38% support put Shaheen over the top.

If only white men had voted:

Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton, who won 61 to 50% among women voters, 91 to 9% among Blacks and 85 to 15% among Hispanics, would have lost to Rick Lazio 56 to 42%; and

Governor-elect Ruth Minner in Delaware would have been defeated by 55 to 44% rather than winning with 69% of women and 87% of African Americans.

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