Center for Women and Politics, Rutgers University

http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/
Great starting point for finding academic information on Gender and the presidential elections.  The 2012 project is aiming to increase female political participation. It includes:
2012 Women’s Election Tracker http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/site/pages/election_tracker.php which is following the progress of women through this election cycle – it has state by state statistics for women in Congress and state legislatures, open seats created by retirements and term limits and links to the latest information about women who have filed and won primaries in 2012.
Also available are fact sheets  http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/fast_facts/elections/presidential_watch.php on women’s involvement in presidential elections and historical statistics on voting patterns and voter turnout: http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/fast_facts/voters/turnout.php
Useful example of a user education site is the long established vote411 from the League of Women Voters. Look at the online voters’ guide to compare candidates’ positions in individual states/ races. http://www.vote411.org/