GOP's Women Problem

In spite of all the noise surrounding what's her name from Alaska, the GOP isn't very welcoming to women and clearly has some ground to make up.

Fivethirtyeight takes a closer look at a recent Politico article...

The gist of the article was as follows -- as the Republican party has pushed out moderates, it has tended to appear more hostile to women candidates and congresswomen.

The article cites the major difference in proportion between Republican and Democratic women, with women making up nearly 23 percent of the Democratic caucus in the House, while less than ten percent of Republican congresspeople are women. In the U.S. Senate, the proportions are just about the same.

I don't find this particularly surprising given many of the positions of the Republican party. What I did surprise me though is how poorly the US compares overall to other countries when it comes to women politicians.


That's a shame.