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Gallup Poll Counts Fewer Republican Women, but Are They in Camouflage?

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Big government is the reason America, and other western countries, are first world countries.
Big government built our first world infrastructure, won World War Two, brought universal education to the masses, passed the G.I bill, brought electricity to the south with TVA programs, increased life expectancy with medicare, etc..
Small countries have small governments, big countries like the U.S. has both big business AND big government.

John of MN 11:38PM September 17, 2009

I think the above comments have missed a major change in the stats. Voters are identifying less with Republicans AND Democrats. Voters do not want big government; both parties have led the country in the wrong direction. Obama is taking us even further down this path. We need to stand up and say ENOUGH! Big government with big control has NEVER worked. Read your history; let's not repeat it.

Educated Voter of MI 3:54PM May 19, 2009

The previous assumption here that "most Republican women register as Republicans...because their family or spouse is Republican"? and "women in general are apolitical and uninformed about specific policital issues?" is incredibly offensive. Are you some sort of expert on tallying why women register? Or a sociologist well-versed in how women think "in general?" I'm a democrat, but I'd watch how you characterize the base of your party, Rich. As a young women I think it's incredibly offensive to presume women of either party make a decision not of their own volition. Where is that coming from? It's certainly not based on the percentage of women voting, nor on the percentage of women graduating from high school, or college - both greater than men. Maybe it's narcissistic of you to think women aren't interested in specific political issues and I'd love to discuss some with you - such as bigotry and ignorance.
Way to disappoint democratic women in your comment Rich.

An educated woman voter of DC 4:55PM May 07, 2009

I had to laugh at that last paragraph--really, most women who register as Republicans do so because their family is Republican or their spouse is Republican, not because they have any specific commitment to narcissistic male-nerd obsessions like "strong beliefs in limited government, free markets and a strong defense". Women in general are apolitical and uninformed about specific political issues, a great problem for moving women's equality forward and a great boon to Republican recruiting. When the whole public has turned against a party and its ideas it's time to ask why, not to worry about the petty social implications of admitting you belong to the party...

Rich of CT 10:21AM May 07, 2009

many are political chameleons - like yourself. Having no foundation in morality or logic they drift to the party that "empowers" them. It's about fitting in - going with the flow and adapting yourself to the situation. You should know about that - most poorly formed Catholics fall into that category.

R.L. Schaefer of CA 4:13PM May 06, 2009