--- title: Women Want Democrats to Win Midterm Elections: Poll description: A new poll shows Democrats have an edge leading in to this year's midterm elections, bolstered by support from women nationwide. canonical: https://time.com/5112246/women-democrats-midterms-poll/ author: Alix Langone article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-22T15:33:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:57:33.264Z article:section: Politics og:title: Women Overwhelmingly Want Democrats to Win This Year’s Midterm Elections og:description: According to a new poll og:url: https://time.com/5112246/women-democrats-midterms-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9c59aade8e14f67/6988f8f7e76ad23035630b42/womens-march1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5000 og:image:height: 2813 og:image:alt: Women's MArch og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Women Overwhelmingly Want Democrats to Win This Year’s Midterm Elections twitter:description: According to a new poll twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9c59aade8e14f67/6988f8f7e76ad23035630b42/womens-march1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Women Overwhelmingly Want Democrats to Win This Year’s Midterm Elections > Sponsored content. 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SOPA Images—LightRocket via Getty Images by [Alix Langone](https://time.com/author/alix-langone/) ## Alix Langone Jan 22, 2018 3:33 PM UTC A new poll shows Democrats have an edge leading in to this year’s midterm elections, bolstered by [support from women](http://time.com/5107499/record-number-of-women-are-running-for-office/?iid=sr-link2) nationwide. The [ABC News/Washington _Post_ poll,](http://www.langerresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/1194a32018Midterms.pdf) released Monday, shows that 51% of registered voters say they would vote for the Democratic candidate in their congressional district, compared to 39% who said they would support a Republican. Democrats have an even larger advantage among female voters, with 64% saying they would vote for a Democrat over 29% who said they would choose a Republican. By contrast, 42% of men said they would vote for a Democrat, while 51% said they would vote for a Republican. The Democrats’ 12-point overall lead is the most significant gap in a ABC News/Washington _Post_ poll since 2006, [according to the Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/women-and-independents-drive-advantage-for-democrats-ahead-of-midterms-elections-post-abc-poll-finds/2018/01/21/6d7081a6-fef8-11e7-8acf-ad2991367d9d%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.b4bf84afdcaf)_._ The poll results have a margin of sampling error of 3.5 points; the poll was conducted by landline and cellular telephone in English and Spanish among a random national sample of 1,005 adults and 846 voters Jan.15-18, [ABC News said](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-solidify-lead-midterm-elections-matchup-poll/story?id=52488582). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5112246/women-democrats-midterms-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5112246/women-democrats-midterms-poll/"},"headline":"Women Overwhelmingly Want Democrats to Win This Year’s Midterm Elections","datePublished":"2018-01-22T15:33:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:57:33.264Z","description":"According to a new poll","url":"https://time.com/5112246/women-democrats-midterms-poll/","keywords":["2018 Midterm Elections","politics","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9c59aade8e14f67/6988f8f7e76ad23035630b42/womens-march1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alix Langone","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alix-langone/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9c59aade8e14f67/6988f8f7e76ad23035630b42/womens-march1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Women's MArch","caption":"Women's March","creditText":"SOPA Images—LightRocket via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2018-midterm-elections/","name":"2018 Midterm Elections"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5112246/women-democrats-midterms-poll/","name":"Women Overwhelmingly Want Democrats to Win This Year’s Midterm Elections"}}]}] ```