RNC Women

Please check out the Real Clear Politics blog entry linked here.  Even people like the director of Emily’s List, an organization which works to elect pro-choice Democratic women to office, are beginning to take note that women are moving back to the GOP. 

“Democratic women's groups are also pointing to the depressed turnout among women as a key factor, and are seeking to raise money. ‘Republicans made gains this week for one reason: we saw crucial groups of voters staying home or, worse yet, moving to the Republicans,’ EMILY's List president Ellen Malcolm wrote to supporters Thursday.”

While the movement of Independents received most of the media attention, Tuesday’s election again showed us the power of the women’s vote.   In Virginia, despite considerable negative advertising from Creigh Deeds aimed at women, Bob McDonnell turned a 7 point Obama advantage among women in 2008 into an 8 point advantage for himself.

In New Jersey, Chris Christie showed that Republicans can be competitive in the Northeast among both men and women.   Chris Christie lost women by only 5 points in a state where Barack Obama won a 17 point landslide among women just a year ago.

This election is why my staff and I are working so hard on the RNC Women’s Program – women can and will make a difference in future elections.