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TexasTowelie

(112,105 posts)
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 01:07 AM Sep 2014

Why don't conservative women's PACs raise as much money as their Democratic counterparts?

WASHINGTON, D.C. - When the pro-life group the Susan B Anthony List was first established in the early 1990s, its goal was to raise money for female candidates who supported their social views. As one of the first PACs to appeal socially conservative women candidates, the List had only one clear group to model themselves off of, an organization whose views were the exact opposite of theirs, pro-choice organization Emily’s List.

“It’s a compliment to them honestly. We emulate them but for an opposite goal. We emulate their political technology of electing candidates,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA List, which considers itself a non-partisan organization.

Today conservative leaning PACs like SBA's have made large strides in establishing themselves as political players and they’ve gotten more support from the Republican party—at least in theory.

Following the 2012 elections the Republican Party released an “autopsy” report called the Growth and Opportunity Project which in detail pronounced the party’s renewed focus on helping women candidates in order to gain women voters.

Read more: http://www.reporternews.com/decodedc/why-dont-conservative-womens-pacs-raise-as-much-money-as-their-democratic-counterparts

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Why don't conservative women's PACs raise as much money as their Democratic counterparts? (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2014 OP
Because conservative women's husbands ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #1
As a guy that seems to be as reasonable an explanation as any. TexasTowelie Sep 2014 #2
 

1StrongBlackMan

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1. Because conservative women's husbands ...
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 01:11 AM
Sep 2014

don't contribute? Whereas, their Democratic counter-parts, don't need/require their husbands' permission?

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