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Support from women is propelling Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) ahead of her Democratic challengers and positioning her as the most likely candidate to win the nomination, according to new polling analyses.
In a show of strength against Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), Clinton holds a lead even among minority women of more than 25 percentage points, according to surveys by Zogby International and The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
But Clinton's standing among female voters within the wider electorate so far does not suggest that women would give her an advantage over a Republican in the general election.
Clinton, the first female presidential candidate with a realistic chance of winning the White House, would need to carry the women's vote decisively in a general election to overcome what surveys consistently have shown as her unpopularity among men.
The Clinton campaign said it would give special attention to white married working women, a group Democratic strategists have treated as the pivotal voting bloc in recent elections.
"They are a challenge for any Democrat," says Ann Lewis, who heads Clinton's outreach to women.
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