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Congressional Gender Gap Grows

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Anonymous

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Congressional Gender Gap Grows

Although Mitt Romney might consider these "gifts," the strong allegiance of women to the Democratic Party has earned women positions of power in Congress. The new Senate will have 20 female senators, an all-time high. Of them, 80% are Democrats and 20% are Republicans. In the House, the 74% of the congresswomen are Democrats (58 ) and only 26% are Republicans (20). The Democrats also take their women more seriously: the House minority leader is Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the #4 leadership position in the Senate is occupied by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). The only Republican woman in a leadership position is Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), who is #4 in the House leadership.

Also of note is that in the state legislatures, there will be 500 more Democratic women than Republican women starting in January. State legislatures are important not only because they pass state laws, but because candidates for Congress and statewide offices often come from the state legislatures. This imbalance at the state level suggests that the Democrats are likely to hold their majorities among female senators and congresswomen for years to come.
 

Steve

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you should be proud of your legacy OT,...

Political party, Democratic Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton

Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton

She was the most prominent woman in Georgia in the Progressive Era, and was honored by appointment to the Senate; she was sworn in on November 21, 1922, and served one day, the shortest serving Senator in U.S. history.

She was also the last former slaveowner to serve in the U.S. Senate.

Felton was a white supremacist. She claimed, for instance, that the more money that Georgia spent on black education, the more crimes blacks committed

Kola should be doubly proud... :?
 

TexasBred

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Oldtimer said:
Congressional Gender Gap Grows

Although Mitt Romney might consider these "gifts," the strong allegiance of women to the Democratic Party has earned women positions of power in Congress. The new Senate will have 20 female senators, an all-time high. Of them, 80% are Democrats and 20% are Republicans. In the House, the 74% of the congresswomen are Democrats (58 ) and only 26% are Republicans (20). The Democrats also take their women more seriously: the House minority leader is Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the #4 leadership position in the Senate is occupied by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). The only Republican woman in a leadership position is Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), who is #4 in the House leadership.

Also of note is that in the state legislatures, there will be 500 more Democratic women than Republican women starting in January. State legislatures are important not only because they pass state laws, but because candidates for Congress and statewide offices often come from the state legislatures. This imbalance at the state level suggests that the Democrats are likely to hold their majorities among female senators and congresswomen for years to come.

This might also indicate that there is definitely a shortage of good qualified men in the democratic party. Are you really proud of Pelosi, Feinstein and such??
 
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TexasBred said:
Oldtimer said:
Congressional Gender Gap Grows

Although Mitt Romney might consider these "gifts," the strong allegiance of women to the Democratic Party has earned women positions of power in Congress. The new Senate will have 20 female senators, an all-time high. Of them, 80% are Democrats and 20% are Republicans. In the House, the 74% of the congresswomen are Democrats (58 ) and only 26% are Republicans (20). The Democrats also take their women more seriously: the House minority leader is Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the #4 leadership position in the Senate is occupied by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). The only Republican woman in a leadership position is Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), who is #4 in the House leadership.

Also of note is that in the state legislatures, there will be 500 more Democratic women than Republican women starting in January. State legislatures are important not only because they pass state laws, but because candidates for Congress and statewide offices often come from the state legislatures. This imbalance at the state level suggests that the Democrats are likely to hold their majorities among female senators and congresswomen for years to come.

This might also indicate that there is definitely a shortage of good qualified men in the democratic party. Are you really proud of Pelosi, Feinstein and such??

I don't think you can find where I ever praised either- except for when Pelosi agreed not to impeach GW... I agreed with her that it would have been too divisive on the country.... I don't think too highly of either...

Not sure if its a lack of good qualified Dem men-- or the more open tent the Dems seem to have- and their more modern look at female social issues that brings more women (especially the younger women) into that party and gets them involved...

I know in following the elections- many independent and Republican women jumped ship from the Repub party because of Palins stand on womens issues in 2008-- and folks like Akin and Mourdoch had them running away again in 2012...
If I remember right--exit polls showed Obama won big time with the younger aged women 18-30..
 

Steve

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and their more modern look at female social issues that brings more women (especially the younger women) into that party and gets them involved...

then this list will shock you... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_Senators_by_age

30 of the oldest are democrats.

3 of the youngest five are republicans.

6 out of the the ten youngest are republicans..

14 of the youngest 25 are republicans..

demographically the senate is made up of old republicans,.. and even older democrats.. :lol:
 
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Steve said:
and their more modern look at female social issues that brings more women (especially the younger women) into that party and gets them involved...

then this list will shock you... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_Senators_by_age

30 of the oldest are democrats.

3 of the youngest five are republicans.

6 out of the the ten youngest are republicans..

14 of the youngest 25 are republicans..

demographically the senate is made up of old republicans,.. and even older democrats.. :lol:

No surprise- younger women voters voting for more progressive leadership...Not all old grey haired men have their heads stuck in the sand... :roll:

From what I've seen with local offices is many women don't run for office untl later in life after they have their family raised..
 

Steve

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if you had read what I posted it is clear the elected liberals are older .. not younger..

in fact this is the oldest senate so far ever.. contrary to your wrong statements..

No surprise- younger women voters voting for more progressive leadership...Not all old grey haired men have their heads stuck in the sand...

Then why did they vote for more older gray haired men ?
 
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