As Veterans Day Approaches, New Lifetime Every Woman Counts Poll Shows Hillary Clinton and John McCain Deemed Best Presidential Candidates to Address Needs of Military Families

    NEW YORK, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lifetime Networks today
 announced the results of a nationally representative poll showing
 Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate John McCain
 are the clear frontrunners in their respective parties when it comes to
 which presidential candidate would better address the needs of military
 families as Commander in Chief. However, nearly one-quarter of women (23%)
 weren't sure who in either party to entrust with this important job.
     The poll was released as part of Lifetime's nonpartisan, award-winning
 Every Woman Counts campaign. First launched in 1992 and now entering its
 fifth presidential election cycle, the initiative was created to ensure
 that issues important to women are part of the dialogue during election
 season, while encouraging women to run for public office, register and
 vote.
     How Women Rank the Democratic Field
     -- Women polled believe Senator Clinton (31%) would best address the needs
        of military families, followed by John Edwards (13%), Barack Obama
        (11%), Bill Richardson (4%), Joe Biden (4%) Dennis Kucinich (2%) and
        Chris Dodd (1%).
     -- Nearly half of the Democratic women polled (49%) believe Hillary
        Clinton would best tackle military families' concerns.  Barack Obama
        ranked second among Democratic women at 10%, John Edwards at 9% and Joe
        Biden at 4%.  However, more Republican women believe both Obama (15%)
        and Edwards (14%) would better address these families' needs than
        Clinton (8%).
 
     How Women Rank the Republican Field
     -- John McCain (32%) is best suited to take care of military families
        according to women polled, followed by Rudy Giuliani (15%), Fred
        Thompson (5%), Mitt Romney (4%), Mike Huckabee (3%), Ron Paul (3%),
        Duncan Hunter (2%) and Tom Tancredo (1%).
     -- The poll indicates that Republican and Democratic women are in
        agreement about where the Republican candidates rank.  John McCain
        leads the pack (38% R, 28% D), followed by Rudy Giuliani (22% R,
        17% D), Fred Thompson (7% R, 5%D) and Mitt Romney (7% R, 3% D).
 
     How Minority Women Voters Rank the Field
     -- African-American and Hispanic women are roughly three times more likely
        to pick Hillary Clinton as military families' best ally than any other
        Democratic candidate (51% and 41%, respectively).
     -- John McCain is the top Republican candidate for this job among
        Caucasian (37%) and African-American (24%) women, but among Hispanic
        women, Rudy Giuliani garnered the most support (25% for Giuliani vs.
        16% for McCain).
 
     Age Matters
     -- Hillary Clinton led the Democrats among women of all age groups, but
        the younger the woman, the more likely she was to acknowledge Clinton
        with this distinction.
     -- John McCain was the #1 Republican candidate, and also led among women
        of all age groups, but the poll shows that most of his support was
        driven by older women.  Rudy Giuliani, who came in second, garnered
        most of his support from younger women ages 25-44.
     -- Ron Paul garnered a surprising amount of support from women ages 18-24
        (15%), but virtually no support from women polled age 25+ (less than
        2%).
 
     Women and Families
     -- Moms with children under the age of 18 polled are more likely than
        women without children to say frontrunner Hillary Clinton is the
        Democrat best suited for this role (33% and 29%, respectively).  Moms
        are also more likely to choose John Edwards, who ranked second overall
        in the Democratic field, than women without children (17% and 11%,
        respectively).
     -- Women without children are more likely to support John McCain (the
        Republican who ranks #1 among all women) than those with kids under the
        age of 18 (36% and 27%, respectively).  However, these moms are twice
        as likely to support Rudy Giuliani, who ranked second overall, than
        women without children under 18 (22% and 10%, respectively).
     Methodology:
     The Lifetime poll was conducted by Opinion Research Corporation via
 telephone among a nationally representative sample of 1,003 women ages 18+
 in the United States. The survey was completed during the period October
 25-28, 2007. Full results available upon request.
     Every Woman Counts is the only public service campaign dedicated to
 encouraging millions of women to speak out on the issues they care about
 most, vote and run for office. For the first time, the 2008 initiative will
 leverage the power of the #1 and #2 television networks for women --
 Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network -- and include the most extensive
 on-air programming, digital content and grassroots efforts to date. To
 expand the effort and reach women everywhere they live, work and play,
 Lifetime launched the first-ever Every Woman Counts coalition in
 partnership with REDBOOK, CosmoGIRL!, Marie Claire, celebrities, experts
 and joining every leading women's nonprofit organization.
     LIFETIME is the leader in women's television and one of the top-rated
 basic cable television networks. A diverse, multi-media company, LIFETIME
 is committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information
 programming, and advocating a wide range of issues affecting women and
 their families. LIFETIME Television, Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime Real
 Women and Lifetime Digital (including myLifetime.com) are part of LIFETIME
 Entertainment Services, a 50/50 joint venture of The Hearst Corporation and
 The Walt Disney Company.
 
 

SOURCE Lifetime Networks