Of Mama Grizzlies and Politics
Of Mama Grizzlies and Politics
Women And The Tea Party
This chapter offers a preliminary assessment of women who support the Tea Party. Using data from a cross-sectional, national survey jointly conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in July and August 2010, it analyzes how much support the Tea Party is drawing from women nationally. It also considers how Tea Party women differ from Republican women, specifically, and American women, more generally, in terms of their personal backgrounds, religious behavior, and political and policy leanings. Lastly, it compares Tea Party women with Tea Party men to uncover how or if the roots of their support for the movement differ. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the challenges that the Tea Party faces in reaching beyond a narrow slice of female supporters to recruit a broader segment of women to the movement.
Keywords: Tea Party women, Republican women, conservatives, Tea Party men, American women, fiscal conservatism
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