Forget the war on women: The men’s vote could decide who wins in 2012

Article here. Amazing-- someone in the MSM has finally started to pay attention to the stats around the voting polls! But as I said before, don't expect Obama et al. to pay attention to men's votes. Feminists just don't seem to think men are very important so naturally subconsciously think our votes don't count. Rule #1 in electoral politics: "Every vote counts-- every single one of them." It's a real bush-league mistake to ignore that fact, but myopia is a sin anyone can be guilty of, and it can't be cured by donning rose-colored lenses. Living inside a bubble such as the one every high-level politician sitting in office for any length of time tends to cause such lenses to grow in front of their eyes of their own accord. Excerpt:

'A barrage of attention from the presidential candidates and the news media has been paid to "waitress moms," "Walmart women" and other exhibits of the female species this election, with pundits wondering whether the female gender gap, which works in the president's favor, will carry him over the top on Election Day.

But the focus might be better spent on men.

"The issue is not the women's vote, but the men's vote," Frank Newport, Gallup's editor-in-chief, told Yahoo News. The reason: polls show male voters look much more likely to break from their 2008 voting patterns. If that happens, the men's vote could decide whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney becomes the next president.

Four years ago, Obama won 49 percent of the male vote, buoyed by historic gains with white men, who chose the Democratic candidate in the highest proportions seen since Jimmy Carter. Even so, most white men—57 percent of them—still voted for John McCain, and a majority of such voters have not backed a Democratic candidate since 1964, when men began abandoning the Democratic party.

This year, Obama's inroads with white men have eroded. Worse, the candidate tracks in the low 40s among all men, not just white ones, in the latest ABC/Washington Post polls. It's possible the president will have lost up to 9 points of ground among male voters compared to 2008. No Democratic candidate has been elected in the past 50 years without gaining close to half of the male vote.'