Will Republican women give Obama a landslide?

[Cyrano]

I have a theory that far more Republican women will vote for Obama than the polls indicate.

It’s likely that when polled, many Republican women are within earshot of their husbands. In order to keep peace in the family, they say they are going to vote for Romney. But their real intention is to vote for Obama once they’re in the privacy of the voting booth.

Think about it. If there was a candidate who intended to ban Viagra and force men to abandon all contraception, how many men would vote for him? So why would any rational woman vote for a party determined to take away her rights?

Agree or disagree, what’s your opinion of this theory?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I like how you think, and I sure hope you're right!

How anyone, especially women, could vote for Romney is completely beyond me.

[Raven]

2. Maybe not a landslide but I

think you have a point. I have two Republican women friends whose husbands are rabid Republicans...last week in the middle of the ME crisis, all they could talk about was how bad Romney was for women. They are not bothering to discuss this with their husbands because they think they are lost causes...they are just going to vote and it won't be for Romney. This is just my small sample but I'll bet there are many women out there who feel the same as my 2 friends.

[HappyMe]

3. It's hard to say.

There are a lot of women who truly believe in the repub agenda, whether we like it or not. I also think that a lot of women speak their minds no matter who is around. There are all different stripes of repubs, just as there are all stripes of dems.

As I said, it's really hard to say. Those that are on the fence have a 50-50 shot of leaning towards Obama. Those that are staunch super conservatives will not change their minds.

[Dawgs]

4. I think that will be the case when a women wins the nomination for President.

Otherwise, not as much as we'd like.

[HappyMe]

9. Not necessarily.

I would not vote for a woman just because I am a woman. Like any candidate, I want to hear what they have to say first.

[Cyrano]

12. Would you vote for Bay Buchanan if she were the candidate?

I think we'll see a female candidate in the not-too-distant future. Whether or not she wins would depend on what she was for and against, and her demeanor and character.

[TwilightGardener]

6. Is seven weeks enough time to grow a functioning brain?

Hard to say.

[pennylane100]

7. Well I certainly think that many repunblican women will vote for Obama

but I cannot imagine any married women would feel the need to lie about how they vote. If I were married to a republican (that would be the same time pigs learned to fly) I would not only make sure he knew how hard I was working to elect democrats, I would make sure we both filled out absentee ballots and I would take responsibility for making sure they were mailed in a timely manner, well at least that mine was.

[MadrasT]

8. You might be right.

In 2008, my sister (who is married to a rabid R) told everyone she was voting for McCain.

When she got to the voting booth, she voted for Obama.

(I know she voted for Obama because she took her young son into the voting booth with her and her proceeded to tell everyone in the family how she voted after they got home. She admitted it once he "outed" her.)

Sometimes, it's easier to just nod and go along with the family dynamic (many people don't want to argue politics at the dinner table for months)... but nobody's looking over your shoulder when you go into the voting booth. (Except maybe your 8 year old, LOL.)

[Arugula Latte]

10. I don't know. Last time people thought that white people who said they'd vote for Obama

wouldn't really do it and he won in a landslide, sooo, I don't think that many would lie. Maybe some, but overall they are a pretty deluded and self-hating bunch (you'd have to be -- chicken meet Col. Sanders).

[mercuryblues]

11. some will

my sister in law did that in 08 and will again this election.