42% of it white women voted for president obama while only 42% of white men did. women are decisive in our elections and we've seen more women running for office in recent years and winning. 20 women now serve in the u.s. senate and 78 in the house. what's more, it seems that american voters don't harbor a particular bias against the ladies. in open seat races, women win at the same rate as male candidates, but all challengers, men and women, face an uphill battle in unseating incumbents and there are just men in office who automatically have that incumbency advantage. now women are coming for them. and how a man runs against a woman, especially how a republican man runs against a woman, well, let's just say that tends to make for some good tv, which is why the republican party is now offering a crash course in how to deal with women troubles. more on that next. ♪