Politics: Will Hillary's people study Royal's campaign?

In France, Segolene Royal, center-left and female, came up a bit short in the run for the Presidency of France as Nicolas Sarkozy, the center-right candidate, edged her out by a few percentage points.

In this item polling was done on Royal's support among the female voters in France. Excerpt:

The weak female support is a bitter personal blow for Royal, who had played up her feminist credentials throughout the campaign, frequently defending policies she would want "as a mother" and accusing critics of male chauvinism.

Some women said the glamorous Royal, a mother of four, had focused too much on the symbolism linked to becoming France's first female president.
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"There is a gap between her image, an image of a woman who belongs to the elite, who has done the ENA (elite school for civil servants), who has the look of women having acquired a high level of education," said sociologist Mariette Sineau.

"She appears very different to working-class women," Sineau added, noting that Royal had visited poorly paid women working as supermarket cashiers only towards the end of her campaign.

Royal's support among older voters was particularly poor, with 64 percent of women above the age of 60 supporting Sarkozy, and only 36 percent voting for Royal, according to the Ipsos survey. Women under 35 were split between her and Sarkozy.

HT: Drudge.

I would guess Sen. Clinton's campaign staff is going to take a look at those numbers and see if any lessons can be drawn for her campaign here in the USA.