We got a glimpse of what a matriarchal society would lead America to when a majority of women gave us eight years of Clinton. A majority of men did not vote for Clinton.
The founding Fathers look more and more brilliant everyday.
A MAJORITY OF MEN DO NOT VOTE, PERIOD.
____Nationwide, there are 9 million more women than men registered to vote
____More women turn out at the polls than men.
____The percentage of women voters voting for Republican candidates this past season (11/2002) increased more than the percentage of male voters voting Republican.
Take Florida for example. Jeb Bush got 49% of the female vote and John Sununu got 46% of the female vote. Given the voter registration and voting turnout disparity between men and women (above), it is probable that each candidate got more female votes than males votes overall. Given that more women voted Republican than in the past, female votes were decisive in Jeb Bush's reelection. The same happened across the country in other races.
Detailed analysis of voting patterns since the last election (11/2002) show that Republicans did better than usual among female voters and about the same among male voters (compared to past elections). The percentage of males voting Republican remained basically constant. But the percentage of females voting Republican increased significantly. This means women voters were a decisive factor in the recent so-called Republican "sweep" in Congress and in governorships. There were also some Republican "sweeps" in state legislatures. Women are decisive in any case because more women vote. Women were decisive for Republicans in the last election for two reasons: 1. the percent increase voting Republican was greater among women and 2. more women vote.
Clearly Republicans should capitalize on their apparent bump in popularity among women if they want the same or better results in 2004. That's not going to happen with attiduses like YOURS which fail to acknowledge women are shifting politically and which keep on beating the same tired old "women voted for Clinton drum".
Clearly it behooves Republicans and Conservatives to recognize women's political strength and include women, rather than to group libel women, insult women, and speak of them in an exclusionary terms only. In other words, Republicans' losses are the Democrats' gain. If Rebublicans were as smart as they think they are, they'd start acting like it in public with regards to women, including on public forums.