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Women won this time, but men are voting's X-factor
By CONNIE CASS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's re-election makes it official: Women can overrule men at the ballot box.
For the first time in research dating to 1952, a presidential candidate whom men chose decisively -- Mitt Romney -- lost.
More women voted for Obama. It's surprising women didn't overrule men sooner -- exit polls show they've been voting in larger numbers than men for almost three decades.
Men, who make up less than half the U.S. population, exercise power greater than their numbers. When it comes to presidential races, males as a group are more influential because they show less party loyalty than women, who have voted Democratic in the past six elections.
Men are the reason George W. Bush became president and John McCain didn't. And they made this year's race close.
Posted: Sunday, November 25 2012, 12:39 PM CST
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Okla. House panel approves $40M for Indian museum
May 20, 2013 17:17 GMT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A plan to divert $40 million in use taxes over three years to help complete construction of an American Indian Cultural Center and Museum along the banks of the Oklahoma River has cleared a House committee.
A House budget panel on Monday voted 13-10 for the measure, which would divert the tax revenue beginning in fiscal year 2015. Use taxes are those paid on Internet purchases and tangible personal property purchased out of state and brought into Oklahoma. The taxes are expected to generate about $244 million next year.
Museum supporters say they've secured $40 million in pledges from private donors and only need one final $40 million appropriation from the Legislature to complete the project.
A separate $40 million for a museum in Tulsa will be considered Monday afternoon.
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