Women won this time, but men are voting's X-factor

UPDATED 10:45 AM EST, November 24, 2012

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.

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