Later. The so-called "gender gap" in the political attitudes of men and women has reappeared. The article cited above contains a very strange line, here it is:
Men are one of the few demographic groups whose opinion of President Obama is lower today than a month ago, before the Navy SEALs' successful raid on Osama bin Laden's Pakistan compound May 2.
Technically, the line is correct inasmuch as they sliced the data several ways and found most of their slices were either more positive or neutral. What makes the line feel odd is that men are essentially half of the population.
If you read the article carefully, what you discover is that the President's numbers among men dropped less than they went up among women, which nets out as a modest plus. Another interesting factoid: his numbers among independents dropped slightly, regardless of gender.
The article speculates about the gender differences in political attitudes; one explanation they don't offer is that more women than men find the President attractive.
