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The Gender Gap in Key Senate, Governor Races
Below we have calculated gender gap for the winning candidate in each based on CNN's exit polls.
| NY - Senate | WA - Senate | NH - Governor | |||||||||
| Women | Men | Gender Gap | Women | Men | Gender Gap | Women | Men | Gender Gap | |||
| Clinton | 58 | 47 | 11% | Cantwell | 58 | 48 | 10% | Shaheen | 57 | 43 | 14% |
| Lazio | 41 | 51 | -10% | Gorton | 41 | 51 | -10% | Humphrey | 37 | 49 | -12% |
| Brown | 5 | 7 | -2% | ||||||||
| 11% more women voted for Clinton. | 10% more women voted for Cantwell. | 14% more women voted for Shaheen. | |||||||||
| FL - Senate | MN - Senate | DE - Governor | |||||||||
| Women | Men | Gender Gap | Women | Men | Gender Gap | Women | Men | Gender Gap | |||
| Nelson | 57 | 46 | 11% | Dayton | 56 | 44 | 12% | Minner | 69 | 50 | 19% |
| McCollum | 40 | 52 | -12% | Grams | 38 | 47 | -9% | Burris | 31 | 49 | -18% |
| Logan | 2 | 1 | 1 | Gibson | 6 | 8 | -2% | ||||
| 11% more women voted for Nelson. | 12% more women voted for Dayton. | 19% more women voted for Minner. | |||||||||
| MO - Senate | MI - Senate | ||||||||||
| Women | Men | Gender Gap | Women | Men | Gender Gap | ||||||
| Carnahan | 52 | 45 | 7% | Stabenow | 54 | 45 | 9% | ||||
| Ashcroft | 47 | 54 | -7% | Abraham | 44 | 53 | -9% | ||||
| 7% more women voted for Carnahan. | 9% more women voted for Stabenow. | ||||||||||
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