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In 2012, when president obama won a second term over republican challenger mitt romney, he did so with the help of a whole lot of women voters who provided a gender gap you could drive a truck through. president obama did ten points better among women in 2012 than he did among men. that is one of the largest gender gaps ever recorded in a presidential election. gender gap was so big and so decisive in 2012 that it caught the attention of republican leaders. those leaders pledged to be better about talking to and talking about women in the future. this, of course, was after a 2012 campaign season in which several prominent republican candidates made inflammatory and politically suicidal comments that involved women. most infamously, todd acikin s legitimate rape remark. multiple sessions supposedly to train republicen to en tans tor ....