Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/women-voters-present-unusual-challenges-for-obama Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Recent poll results show Sen. Barack Obama's appeal to women differs between those who struggle economically and their affluent counterparts. Andy Kohut of the Pew Research Center and Amy Walter of the Hotline assess how women voters are weighing the presidential race. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JIM LEHRER: Now, the challenges facing the Democrats on the economic front and to bring the Clinton supporters into the fold. Margaret Warner continues that story. MARGARET WARNER: And for more on how Obama is doing with women voters and those most affected by the troubled economy, we turn to Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, and Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of the Hotline, National Journal's political daily.Welcome back, both of you.As Mark and David commented earlier in the program and we all know, Hillary Clinton did better than Barack Obama among voters who feel they are struggling economically.Andy, how is Obama doing now with that group and particularly the subset of women in that group? ANDREW KOHUT, President, Pew Research Center: Well, Obama is doing about as well as Kerry was, John Kerry was four years ago. Among all women, there's a 51 percent-38 percent margin, pretty comparable to what Kerry was polling. But it should be better, because this is a more Democratic year and women are a Democratic-leaning group.