6 Factors could determine the Democratic nominee for governor
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
By Chris Fitzsimon
1. GENDER
MAKING HISTORY?
Perdue is trying to become the state’s first female governor. As a result, she has a strong edge among Democratic female voters. A Public Policy Polling survey found that Perdue had a 40-22 lead over Moore among Democratic women.
But the socially conservative South has been reluctant to make women chief executives. There have been only three female governors in the South who did not take over for their husbands — Martha Layne Collins of Kentucky (1984-87), Ann Richards of Texas (1991-95) and Kathleen Blanco of Louisiana (2002-present).
North Carolina has traditionally been skeptical about women in politics. This is, after all, the state where a bill to give women the power to vote was sent to the Committee on Insane Asylums in 1897.
But Republican Elizabeth Dole was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002, and she is an early favorite to win re-election next year. (more…)
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