As women outpace men in early turnout, Trump's challenge to win over female voters comes into focus

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The capstone appearance of his podcast tour came in October when Trump sat down for a three-hour interview with comedian and actor Joe Rogan, host of one of the most popular shows on the internet.
53% : I'm going to protect them," Trump told the crowd.
51% : Senior advisers have hoped for a boost from the endorsement from Kennedy, who has been stumping for Trump on the campaign trail and is expected be with the former president all day Friday.
49% : "Leavitt did not respond when asked why Trump didn't accept the "Call Her Daddy" invite.
47% : Leading women in the anti-abortion movement threatened to withhold their support from Trump and gave permission for others to do the same.
44% : In North Carolina on Wednesday, Trump polled the women in his audience on whether they wanted him to protect them.
42% : Instead, Trump doubled down on a strategy of speaking directly to America's young men through appearances on right-leaning, male-dominated online shows.
42% : Trump, meanwhile, has gone sharply in the other direction, remaining confined to a similar universe of online jokesters and bro-culture influencers: the Canadian pranksters known as the Nelk Boys, comedians Theo Vonn and Andrew Schulz, wrestler Mark Calaway aka The Undertaker, YouTube star-turned-boxer Logan Paul, LIV golfer Bryson DeChambeau, former NFL stars Will Compton and Taylor Lewan and video game streamer Adin Ross.
40% : The latest ABC News/Ipsos national poll showed Trump trailing Harris among likely female voters by 14-points - a margin that far outpaces his 6-point lead among men.
39% : The Harris campaign quickly seized on the remarks, pairing the clip with Trump's anti-abortion statements in a video that amassed over 2.4 million views on X. Harris followed up by highlighting the comments during a brief and rare news conference and later at a rally in Reno, Nevada, where she said Trump "simply does not respect the freedom of women or the intelligence of women to make decisions about their own lives.
39% : Forced to pick a side on a ballot measure to expand abortion access in his home state of Florida, Trump at first suggested he supported it.
38% : Trump has also relied on other White men to help reach female voters.
36% : The Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, a decision Trump once celebrated, has only deepened women's resistance to his platform.
34% : Haley told Fox News this week that she hasn't spoken to Trump since June but remained willing to engage.
33% : Understanding the divideBehind the scenes and on the phone with close allies, Trump will ask why women don't like him, three sources familiar with the conversations said.
33% : But Trump has resisted opportunities to branch out.
26% : However, the race for women's votes grew more complicated with Harris becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, energizing female voters and leaving Trump scrambling for a new approach.
22% : At a recent town hall on Fox News with an entirely female audience - an overt attempt to take on the concerns - Trump called himself the "father" of in vitro fertilization, an assertion that Democrats have roundly mocked.
22% : At the risk of losing women from within his base, Trump backtracked.
15% : "Her campaign also criticized Trump for asserting Thursday that former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would work on "women's health" in a second Trump administration.

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