Thursday, February 26, 2015

Why Women Vote GOP

Amanda Marcotte, writing for Slate, examines a question that bemuses feminists: why do many women vote Republican? Citing several data points, she concludes:
There's been an increased interest in recent years in what motivates Republican women, particularly as the party has amped up its assault on reproductive rights. This data, which jibes with countless studies have shown that women are more likely to be religious than men, helps answer that question: It's religion.
Other studies have shown that married women are likely to vote Republican, unmarried women - not so much. Perhaps a Venn diagram of married women and religious women would show a large area of overlap.