10 key races that may hinge on the ‘war on women’

[doxydad]

As a coherent and consistent political narrative, “the war on women” is relatively new. But the underlying tension between conservative religious beliefs and women’s access to reproductive health care — including legal abortion without overly burdensome regulation and insurance coverage for contraceptives — is not.

Nor is the gender-gap in American politics. In 2012, Barack Obama took advantage of a record 20-point gap between men and women, but similar gaps have been been apparent since the rise of the religious right as a force in American politics, as this chart by Nate Silver illustrates:




http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/20/10-key-races-that-may-hinge-on-the-war-on-women/

[aValanche]

1. So...

You're saying that women ARE smarter, huh?