I discovered that the famous Gender Gap was largely the less well-known Marriage Gap in the months after the 2004 election. As I explained in 2005:
“Affordable Family Formation”—The Neglected Key To GOP’s Future
Here’s my write-up of the 2012 Presidential election in which the Marriage Gap was as big once again as in 2000 and 2004. The rise of the oft-divorced Trump depressed the Marriage Gap somewhat relative to elections featuring George W. Bush and Mitt Romney, but it was back bigly in 2022, probably especially due to the abortion issue.
From CNN’s 2022 exit polls:
Gender
(18,571 total respondents)
|
Male 48% |
Female 52% |
|
|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 42% | 53% |
| Republicans | 56% | 45% |
Married with children?
|
Yes 21% |
No 79% |
|
|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 42% | 49% |
| Republicans | 55% | 49% |
Gender by marital status
|
Married men 30% |
Married women 30% |
Unmarried men 16% |
Unmarried women 23% |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 39% | 42% | 45% | 68% |
| Republicans | 59% | 56% | 52% | 31% |
Gender by race
|
White men 36% |
White women 37% |
Black men 5% |
Black women 6% |
Latino men 5% |
Latina women 6% |
All other races 5% |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 35% | 45% | 82% | 88% | 53% | 66% | 49% |
| Republicans | 63% | 53% | 17% | 10% | 45% | 33% | 47% |
Updated 2:14 p.m. ET, Nov. 9
