Below is information on approval ratings for each candidate. This information is pending finding a source that is equal for each candidate because on reader brought up a good point that the links below could be mostly bias. Please submit anything you have.
Approval Ratings
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Comparison between Barack Obama and John McCain on Women’s Issues

Below is a comparison between the two top candidates on each issues affecting women in the 2008 Election.

Obama
Barack Obama has an entire section on his website devoted to women’s issues. That makes it easy enough to find out what his stance is on topics ranging from Women’s Health to Education. He has also rallied several support groups including: Prime Time Women for Obama, Boomer Women for Obama, Middle-Aged Women for Obama, Women over 50 for Obama and Obama Mamas. Joe Biden dicusses women’s issues in the youtube video below (released September 17, 2008).
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McCain
John McCain has …

McCain

Married couple filing jointly should pay the same taxes as if they were an unmarried couple filing separately.
Says he would double the child deduction from $3,500 to $7,000.
Slightly Increase Child Care Tax Credit Deductions.
Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees.
Voted YES on eliminating marriage penalty -Bill HR.4810 ; vote number 2000-215 on Jul 18, 2000
“I think we’ve got to eliminate the marriage penalty, the earnings test, raise the 15% tax bracket, put a level of $5 million on the inheritance tax. But this tax code …

McCain
Nothing Found.

Obama
Obama Passed Into Law a Requirement that Women And Minority Scientists/Engineers Be Represented And Consulted on Specific Technology and Science Efforts.

McCain

While he does not have a specific reference for women, he does provide a lengthy page on his website about the topic and refers to “men and women”.

Obama

See “Caring for Women Veterans” on his website.

McCain
John McCain reached across party lines in an effort to help women business owners. Senate Bill S 3077 Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008, was sponsored by Barack Obama and was co-sponsored by Senators John McCain.
Obama

Barack Obama encourages investing in women-owned businesses, providing more support to women business owners and reducing discrimination in lending. (Women business owners are more likely than white male business owners to have their loan applications denied.)
He also proposes to open up new funding resources for minority- and women-owned businesses and legislate …

McCain

McCain supported flex-time scheduling, comp-time, and unpaid leave for family emergencies.

Obama

Barack Obama supports efforts to guarantee workers seven days of paid sick leave per year, a moderate proposal that should not impose too onerous a burden on employers.
Barack Obama would raise the minimum wage, index it to inflation, and increase the Earned Income Tax Credit to make sure that full-time workers have a living wage.
Protect Against Caregiver Discrimination: Workers with family obligations often are discriminated against in the workplace. Barack Obama and Joe Biden will commit the government to enforcing …

McCain
Voted NO on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which restores the longstanding interpretation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. When asked why he stated: “[Women] need the education and training, particularly since more and more women are heads of their households, as much or more than anybody else,” McCain said. “And it’s hard for them to leave their families when they don’t have somebody to take care of them.” It’s a vicious cycle that’s affecting women, particularly in a part of the country like this, where mining …

McCain
McCain’s legislation requires that sex offenders register all online accounts in a national database that can be used by law enforcement to investigate crimes against children. If these predators fail to register they would be sent to prison for ten years. The legislation also makes use of the Internet an “aggravating factor” in sex crimes against children, adding an additional ten years to any conviction.

Obama
Barack Obama has been a leading voice in Washington urging the end of genocide in Sudan. He worked with Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) on the Darfur …

McCain

In 2005, McCain voted NO to allocate $100 million to expand access to preventive health care services that reduce the numbers of unintended and teen pregnancies and reduce the number of abortions.
McCain voted NO on legislation that would help reduce the number of teen pregnancies by providing funding for programs to teach comprehensive, medically accurate sexuality education and other programs to prevent unintended teen pregnancies.
In 1990, McCain voted NO on legislation to extend the Title X federal family planning program, which provides low-income and uninsured women and families with …

McCain

Supports expanding virtual learning by reforming the “Enhancing Education Through Technology Program.” Said he would target $500 million in current federal funds to build new virtual schools and support the development of online course offerings for students.
Said he would allocate $250 million to support states that commit to expanding online education opportunities.
Proposes offering $250 million to help students pay for online tutors or enroll in virtual schools.
Said low-income students would be eligible to receive up to $4,000 to enroll in an online course, SAT/ACT prep course, credit recovery or tutoring …

McCain

Support national standards for and testing of public school students.
Allow parents to use vouchers (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children to any public or private school.
Allow teachers and professionals to receive authorization and funding to establish charter schools.
Increase funding for block grants to states to aid in the hiring of additional teachers.
Support teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay.
Increase funding for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings, infrastructure, technology).
Increase funding of programs such as Pell grants and Stafford loans to help students pay for college.
Support federal tax incentives to …

McCain
John McCain has not publicly taken a position on father’s rights issues, feeling that they are best addressed in the states and in the courts. In response to questions in town hall meetings and other settings, McCain has made it clear that he has no particular interest in the father’s rights debate.

Obama
Barack Obama introduced legislation to increase child support enforcement by an additional $4.9 billion over 10 years, a measure that will collect nearly $20 billion in payments from men who don’t fulfill their parental responsibilities.
Barack Obama has re-introduced the …

McCain
In 1993, before finally voting for the Family and Medical Leave Act, McCain voted to jeopardize leave for millions of workers by gutting the bill. He voted to suspend the Family and Medical Leave Act unless the federal government certified that compliance would not increase business expenses or provide financial assistance to businesses to cover any related costs.
Obama
Barack Obama and Joe Biden will expand the FMLA to cover businesses with 25 or more employees. Barack Obama and Joe Biden will expand the FMLA to cover more purposes as well, including …