“It seems married women are prone to vote more sensibly, more conservatively. They have a man to rely on, thus feel more secure, and so, can think more sensibly, not being dominated by their fears.”
I’m not buying that one, of course. It’s true that married women vote more conservatively, but I’d hardly say it’s because they have a man to rely on. Married men vote more conservatively that unmarried men, too. The same impulses that lead a man or a woman to marry (ensuring a stable home for children who may result once one becomes sexually active) are the ones that lead voters to rely on themselves rather than the government for their households’ basic needs.
But I will agree that women trying to raise their children alone are more vulnerable to the fantasy that the government can step in as a surrogate parent to people who ought to be playing the role of grownups themselves.
