The focus on female voters and the issues that impact their lives only intensified this week following the second debate Tuesday between President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney.
Both men tried to demonstrate they understand the challenges facing women in the country and to convince the nation’s largest voting block their policy prescriptions would do more good than the other guys.
“This is not just a women’s issue,” Mr. Obama said discussing equal pay for female workers. “This is a family issue. This is a middle-class issue. And that’s why we’ve got to fight for it.”
Taking on the controversial issue of birth control, Romney declared, “Every woman in America should have access to contraception.” (Watch our segment on this issue here.)
In the days before the debate, special correspondent Anna Sale of WNYC Radio joined a NewsHour team to travel to the battleground state of New Hampshire where the focus is not limited to women voters or issues. The spotlight also falls on a full roster of women running for office, all of whom are Democrats.