Republicans Don't Really Care If More Women Get Elected

[Tx4obama]

Republicans Don't Really Care If More Women Get Elected

Less than a quarter of Republicans believe that electing more women to Congress would be a good thing, according to an ABC News/Fusion poll released on Wednesday.

About 60 percent of Democrats and 43 percent of Americans overall said that it would be a good thing if more women were elected to Congress, the poll found. Only 23 percent of Republicans said it would be a good thing, while more than two-thirds of Republicans said it makes no difference to them.

Currently, women make up slightly more than half of the U.S. population, but just 18 percent of Congress. Earlier this month, male Senators on both sides of the aisle acknowledged that that their female colleagues deserved most of the credit for driving the compromise that ended the government shutdown.

Leaders in the Democratic Party have made a big push lately to engage more women in politics and to push for policies that help women in the workplace. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.) last week launched the Democratic Women’s Alliance, a new program at the Democratic National Committee designed to engage, mobilize and train women in politics. And House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is leading a major new push for legislation that ensures equal pay, affordable childcare and paid sick and family leave for working women.

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More- full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/30/republicans-women-congress_n_4178678.html

[Jamaal510]

1. I have to agree with them here.

I could care less about whether a person is a man or woman, Black or White, gay or straight, etc. There are women out there who are horrible for Congress (i.e. Bachmann and Blackburn). I just want people elected who are qualified for the job, who can pull our country forward out of the Dark Ages.

[noiretextatique]

2. congress should look like the country

it's long past time that "we" stop being governed by old, rich, white men, almost exclusively. i want congress to actually look like america. that means more women, and more people of color.

[Tx4obama]

3. I see by your DU profile that you are a male.

The men of The Congress have NOT been the ones in the past that have pushed for equal pay, affordable childcare and paid sick and family leave for working women, and a whole lot of other issues that affect WOMEN.

Yes, we do need MORE WOMEN in Congress.

There are only 20 female U.S. Senators - that is only 20% of The Senate.

And in The House female representatives are only at 18%.

There are REPUBLICAN women in Congress that are a disgrace such as Bachmann, etc - that is true.

But there have been many issues that affect women that female republicans have crossed the aisle and came over and voted with the Democrats.

The number of women in Congress DOES matter - and we need many many more ASAP

[xfundy]

4. With a stipulation:

they'll still have to bring beer and sammiches to the mens.

[Tx4obama]

5. Some statistics

Current number of Women in the U.S. House (out of 435 members)

Democratic Representatives: 62
Republican Representatives: 20

Current number of Women in the U.S. Senate (out of 100 members)

Democratic Senators: 16
Republican Senators: 4