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Article snippet: MORE’s attitude toward women — and toward the #MeToo movement — is getting new attention as members of both parties focus on the importance of female voters in an election dubbed by many as the “year of the woman.” Trump’s standing with female voters, who typically make up a majority of all voters, will be critical to the GOP’s efforts to maintain control of Congress in November’s elections. “It’s everything,” Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen said of the role that female votes will play in the midterms. Women, she added, “are the most unhappy with Republicans, the most unhappy with President Trump. If women turn out, Democrats will win.” Signs for the GOP are not good: A new Quinnipiac poll released Monday showed only 34 percent of women approving of Trump’s job performance. An ABC News/Washington Post poll published last week put that number even lower, at 30 percent. That would represent a fall for Trump, who in 2016, even after the “Access Hollywood” controversy, received the support of 41 percent of female voters, according to exit polls. Headlines from Bob Woodward’s new book, set to be published Tuesday, have not been helpful. In “Fear,” Woodward casts the president as advising an unnamed friend to never admit to any wrongdoing with women. “You’ve got to deny deny deny and push back on these women. If you admit to anything and any culpability, then you're dead,” Woodward characterizes Trump as saying. “You’ve got to deny anything that’s said about you. N... Link to the full article to read more