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I’ve been involved in a discussion on The Motley Fool with one of my buddies, CCSand, and others. Specifically regarding whether or not women voters tend to vote more with their libido than male voters. I expected to be trashed for suggesting such, and I was. However, I have experienced the political world, and do know that the better looking candidate usually wins. And, a better looking male will usually beat a better looking female. When put in the context of numbers ( I really like numbers ), it supports my point ( however loony it may sound ). Women nationwide represent 51.9% of the voting public. They are the majority bloc of voters, and have been for several years. Yet, even though women have made gains in the political spectrum, they still only represent 21.6% of statewide and national elected positions. There are no barriers preventing the majority bloc members from running, and no barriers to prevent the majority bloc of voters from supporting those candidates. But, they still lose. Here’s a state by state breakdown of whether women are the majority in a state or not, and how they fair politically. The only location where female elected positions almost equal the population of females is DC. The most liberal state, California, is 15% behind, which is worse than the perceived Southern conservative biases that would exist in Alabama, which is 13% behind. This doesn’t seem to be a political issue. It doesn’t seem to be social either as the society that exists in California couldn’t be more different than the society of Alabama ( women in Alabama are fairing 2% better ).

So, what is it? The commonly held philosophy of men voting with their penises just doesn’t hold up here. Men usually aren’t at all concerned with what another man looks like. The expectations that a clean shaven man, in the typical male view, does not indicate that he believes that good a lookin guy will do a better job.

I mean, look at who some of us have sent to DC:

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However, men will more often than not vote for a male when running against a female. If the precept of “Men vote with their penises” were true, we’d be sending the women to office a lot more often than butt-ugly wimps like Waxman. True? If women vote for men more often than women, which seems to be supported by the numbers above, it would seem to me women tend to follow their genitalia more often than men do.

To challenge this theory, we need to run someone that would appeal to the penises. The Bella Abzugs of the world don’t work because I can assure you no man ever fantasized about Abzug in her political prime ( and if you did, I do NOT want to know about it. ):

We need someone that definitely appeals to the lowest instinct level and has no political appeal whatsoever. Plus, they have to be of legal age as well.

Therefore, I’m suggesting:

You heard it here first folks, “Jessica ‘08!”.

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