It's a mistake to assume birth control is solely a "woman's issue." As others have pointed out (even Rush!), men participate in birth control, too. And as I've written before, nearly every gender/party group supports full coverage of birth control. Now polling released today by USA Today/Gallup confirms recent Republican missteps threaten to damage them with voters of both genders. While women are more interested in the issue, both men and women disagree with Santorum's and Romney's position. (Gender and gender/age breakouts kindly provided by the good folks at Gallup.)
Women are more interested in the issue of birth control. A majority (55 percent) of women and only 35 percent of men say "government policies concerning birth control" is either extremely or very important to them. Similarly, two-thirds of women (68 percent) and fewer men (59 percent) say they are following recent birth control debate very or somewhat closely. There are more age differences among women than among men. Younger women are particularly likely to say birth control issues are important, older women are most likely to say they are following the issue closely.
But disagreement with the GOP field on birth control transcends gender and age. Gallup/USA Today asked respondents whether they agree or disagree with each candidate's position on birth control. Across all gender/age groups, more disagree with Santorum's and Romney's position than agree. In fact, aside from older men (see below), the differences between the other groups are not so stark. This "agreement gap" spells trouble for the eventual Republican nominee. And not just with women.
While agreement with the President also transcends gender and age (mostly). By contrast, more agree with the President's position than disagree. Only older men are more likely to disagree, and as the table below shows, older men also disagree with the Republican field.
Large numbers don't know where the candidates stand. Irrespective of gender and age, majorities (or near-majorities) don't know enough about the candidates' position on birth control to know whether they agree with them or not. This is a reminder of how much work is needed to highlight the sharp contrast between the President's position and that of the GOP field.
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| Obama | Romney | |
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| Electoral Votes (270 to win) |
332 | 206 |
| Obama | Romney | |
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| Total | 65,899,660 | 60,932,152 |
| Percent | 51.1% | 47.2% |
| Democrats* | Republicans | |
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| Current Senate | 53 | 47 |
| Seats gained or lost | +2 | -2 |
| New Total | 55 | 45 |
| Democrats | Republicans | |
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| Seats won | 201 | 234 |
I suspect that almost 100% of women are either straight or lesbian.
http://allhands-ondeck.blogspot.com/2012/02/why-catholic-church-opposes.html
""Threaten to damage"? No, Republicans deep seated hatred of
women, minorities and 99% of the population have seriously
damaged them and will continue to do so. It amazes me that
anyone thinks the victims of Republican hatred are going to
forget all about it between now and Nov."
Diane, this hatred goes beyond women. Those affected by this birth control nonsense aren’t just women. This will include the men who are now FATHERS and the unwanted children they are forcing these women to bear and then society as a whole as the victims of the new crime waves that will undoubtedly result from the masses of unwanted children. Let’s get back to the ‘fathers’ of the unwanted children that will result from this ‘new lack of birth control’. Does anyone think that society will revert to life as it was in the fifties? Where if you knocked someone up you got married? I certainly doubt it. There will be more single mothers or back alley abortions. However, with all these single mothers will be a new thing of the times, DNA testing that means paternity testing and child support payments for all those fathers whether they wanted to be a father or not. This DNA game will not just be for celebrities and NBA players anymore. It should be clearly noted that the sexual freedom of men would also be compromised by this war on women.
The republicans caved in to a particular religous group, going against the separation of church and state. They will be defeated in Nov. because voters are fed up with interference of religion in their healthcare.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/295112/they-don-t-know-us-dennis-prager
I don't support some aspects of the prison system, and some national security/defense activities but I do understand that as a society these are responsibilities that we have to do together.
Health insurance/care is another area where we pool to together to obtain benefits/services that would be too expensive or too difficult to administer if we were to all go it alone.