They needed a study to discover this??
Exclusive: GOP poll of women: Party 'stuck in past'By JAKE SHERMAN and ANNA PALMER
A detailed report commissioned by two major Republican groups — including one backed by Karl Rove —paints a dismal picture for Republicans, concluding female voters view the party as “intolerant,”“lacking in compassion” and “stuck in the past.”
Women are “barely receptive” to Republicans’ policies, and the party does “especially poorly” with women in the Northeast and Midwest, according to an internal Crossroads GPS and American Action Network report obtained by POLITICO. It was presented to a small number of senior aides this month on Capitol Hill, according to multiple sources involved.
The report —“Republicans and Women Voters: Huge Challenges, Real Opportunities”— was the product of eight focus groups across the country and a poll of 800 registered female voters this summer. The large-scale project was a major undertaking for the GOP groups.I guess the GOP's policy prescriptions of a macho foreign policy abroad with lavish spending on the military, and a consistently mean spirited approach to domestic policies just doesn't appeal to women or many of their families. The Republican Party's approach to women has been decidedly mean spirited, with things like intervening in their health care decisions, or denying access to healthcare altogether by refusing to expand Medicaid, and the GOP's role in keeping the Minimum Wage stuck as such low levels considering that 60% of Minimum Wage workers are women.“The gender gap is hardly a new phenomenon, but nevertheless it’s important for conservatives to identify what policies best engage women, and our project found multiple opportunities,” said Dan Conston, a spokesman for the American Action Network. “It’s no surprise that conservatives have more work to do with women.”
I could go on and on with more examples of Republican policies that are detrimental to women, but I'll leave that to you in the comments.