Republican women: A minority in a minority

[Nonno]

"Women make up almost 51 percent of the U.S. population but less than 10 percent of the House and Senate GOP — a gender disconnect that could make the Republicans’ climb back to power even steeper than it would be otherwise.

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) notices that she’s part of a shrinking minority every time she heads to the Senate floor for a vote.

Republican women in the House say they feel the problem — literally — when their male colleagues nudge them to the front of GOP press conferences to break up the solid lines of middle-aged white men in neckties.

Indeed, Rep. Kay Granger — the first and only Republican woman to represent Texas in the House — says Republican women have to work to make sure they’re even represented at public events in the first place. “We pass the word to make sure we’re there at this ceremony or that photo-op, because there are fewer of us and we’re spread more thinly,” Granger said. “We’re working in a very successful manner, and we want to make sure that’s shown.”

More at: Republican women: A minority in a minority - Erika Lovley - POLITICO.com

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How many black republicans are in congress?

[ImnoMensa]

If Olympia and Snowe are examples of Republican women in politics we are lucky there arent more.

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Originally Posted by ImnoMensa

If Olympia and Snowe are examples of Republican women in politics we are lucky there arent more.

because they could never be as fair and intellegent as Pelosi?

[This_person]

Originally Posted by Nonno

"Women make up almost 51 percent of the U.S. population but less than 25 percent of the House and Senate Democrats. Twenty-two percent of House Democrats are women. In the Senate, nearly 23 percent of the Democrats are women.

Sounds like the Democrats are WAY off of the mark, too.

[Beta84]

Originally Posted by This_person

Sounds like the Democrats are WAY off of the mark, too.

yeah...but this is more of a testament to how the voting population than to who actually runs for these seats. from my experience, i've met plenty of men and women who ONLY vote for men. That makes it pretty tough for a woman to gain office regardless of party.

[This_person]

Originally Posted by Beta84

yeah...but this is more of a testament to how the voting population than to who actually runs for these seats. from my experience, i've met plenty of men and women who ONLY vote for men. That makes it pretty tough for a woman to gain office regardless of party.

Very close to my point - it's about who runs, and who the voters are willing to elect - not about party.

[vraiblonde]

This is a dumb deadline piece by the author. Women in politics are a minority, period, regardless of party.