Women Voters in the 2016 Elections As regards the 2016 presidential election and women's role in this critical campaign, it should be understood that according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau (2014), there are 162 million females and 157 million males. And during the last national election 43% of female citizens over 18 voted while 40.8% of males over 18 voted. It is not rocket science to discover that women vote more consistently than men do. When it comes to women voters, the biggest story this whole presidential election cycle involves Hillary Clinton, but another big election story hitting the airwaves and on the front pages of newspapers is the high percentage of women who do not like the Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump. This paper will highlight the advantages and disadvantages for women voters, how polls show women's preferences and the future of women voters. Clearly women are a very big part of the political process, and women are having an enormous impact on the 2016 election.

Hillary Clinton -- The Big Story for Women in 2016

Meantime, the most recent Monmouth poll shows Clinton leading Senator Bernie Sanders 52-39 in Pennsylvania; the Quinnipiac Poll shows Clinton over Sanders 51-42 in Connecticut; and the Gravis Poll has Clinton over Sanders 45-38 in California. Those states are the next stop in this 2016 presidential primary race, and after Clinton defeated Sanders in New York State Tuesday night April 19 (57.9% to 42.1%) the exit polls showed that while Sanders won "comfortably with under-40s and white men, Clinton was ahead with older voters, women, and black and Latino supporters" (Roberts, et al., 2016).

Pundits and other observers predict that women and Latinos are very likely to be the deciding factors in this year's presidential race, and regarding...

First, women deal with government " ... in their day-to-day lives more than men do"; and women are more dependent on "safety-net services such as food stamps and childcare subsidies than men are" (Rampell, 2014).
For women that are not in the low income category, they still are "more likely than men to be primary caregivers," and that means women as a rule spend more time with "teachers, eldercare workers, health-care providers and other folks who are employed, reimbursed or tightly regulated by the government" (Rampell, p. 1).

The Advantages for Women Voters in 2016

One advantage for women voters in the 2016 presidential primary campaign amounts to a huge positive because the media is paying such close attention to women's attitudes, women's issues, and women's preferences. For example, the Gallup Poll in April, 2016, points to the fact that over 70% of women nationwide having an "unfavorable" view of Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump. It is revealing as to women's impact on elections that so much publicity has been pointed to…