"Female Politicians Are More Effective," claims new "study".

BolshevikMuppet · 2011-01-23T22:33:49+00:00

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DougDante · 2011-01-24T04:16:16+00:00

This study looked at the legislative, and not the executive branch.

In the executive branch, two recent female governors:

Governor Sarah Palin (Alaska) - Quit. Who the hell quits their Governorship? Unacceptable.

Governor Jennifer Granholm (Michigan) - Michigan has done by far the worst in the economy under Granholm's "leadership". Granholm "has one of the lowest approval ratings for any Governor in the United States" here and her entire party was severely routed and tossed out of control of every part of Michigan's government in the 2010 elections. She gave several lucrative contacts to her husband Daniel Mulhern. (See Wikipedia above).

It's worth mentioning that Governor Ann Richards of Texas was well liked and Texas prospered under her leadership. The guy who defeated her as Governor had a mixed record as a politician.

Women can and are effective politicians, but claims that they are superior to men should be taken with a grain of salt.

Also the study results could be explained by the fact that women are normally junior politicians, who are more likely to write proposals that get canned by the senior leadership, which by way of being older, is more likely to be male (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have been nominated and elected by the members of the House, but the committee chairs were not. They were probably overwhelmingly male). This means that the bills written by women may have been more likely to fail to pass then bills written by men. (The whole issue of who actually "writes" bills notwithstanding).

etherspirit · 2011-01-25T07:45:59+00:00

The causation implied by the title is really stupid. Oh wait, it's newsweek, haha.

MrLOL · 2011-01-24T04:03:58+00:00

They say one of the best skills for a politician is lying.

2011-01-23T20:00:24+00:00

In other words, women politicians spend more taxpayer money (which mostly comes from the pockets of men) and are more popular with women voters.

Title	"Female Politicians Are More Effective," claims new "study".
Author	EvilPundit
Upvotes	1
Comments	9
Date	January 23, 2011 7:08 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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