Answer: b. carried the female vote by 55 to 44 percentage points.
Explanation:
The Election 2012 was recorded as a historic moment for women. Their votes ensured that Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term, they voted for more women than ever before to fill positions in Congress and delivered, and the women also delivered a powerful message to conservative politicians that attempts to interfere with hard-won reproductive and other rights will not be tolerated.
The Women voted in mass, and the gender difference between the two presidential candidates could not have been more profound.
Unmarried women backed the sitting president by an incredible 38% margin over his opponent Romney, a record which was one of the key points of the results.
Overall the Women population gave
Barrack Obama 55% against the 43% his opponent Romney picked up , a ratio that was the same with the sitting president's lead among women in 2008.