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Posted on 10/25/2010 8:03:45 PM PDT by Lorianne
A strange thing happened on the way to the 2010 midterm elections: the gender gap started shrinking. The gender gap is the name that describes the phenomenon of women voters tilting significantly to the Democratic Party. It was that was first noticed in the 1980s and has held true in national elections since then-until now.
ABC News summarizes:
Women voters normally vote in greater numbers for Democrats, but the latest ABC News-Washington Post poll shows women divided almost evenly in the generic ballot, with 47% favoring the Democrat, 44% for the Republican. Four years ago, women favored Democrats by 12 percentage points in the midterm elections. After the event in the Foss family backyard, a reporter asked the president if he can help with these women voters.
Yes, the Democrats are struggling to get women voters this fall. The administration has responded by putting out a report ("Jobs and Economic Security for America's Women") that highlights all the administration has done for women. I hear the reaction from activist Democrat women is something along the lines of "...and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."
The report falls flat (in my opinion) for several reasons. For one thing, as the report notes, women are a "growing share" of the workforce, and therefore, I suggest, as the report doesn't note, more and more of us know that we don't need special treatment. We recognize this report for what it is: politics. I also think that in a time of tough economic times, we can all see that something is not working.
(Excerpt) Read more at iwf.org ...
I posted the main blog link instead of the direct entry link.
this is the direct link
http://www.iwf.org/inkwell/show/23775.html
I guess the gals figured out that the Rats lie,..........worse.
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Good point!
(Why y’all so angry?) :)
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When women favor Democrats, it's called a "gender gap." When men favor Republicans, it is not a gender gap; instead they are "angry white men."