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Fertility gap might spur political divide
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Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J., who represents the most-married Democratic district (32nd overall), discounts the importance of the marriage rates. "It's a statistic without meaning," he says. "If you look at numbers from enough angles, you can see almost anything."
Pelosi says in speeches that her most important concern is "the children, the children, the children," says her spokesman, Drew Hammill. That's why she wants to raise the minimum wage to help low-income parents, he says.
The stay-at-home mom is uncommon in all congressional districts. Mothers work at the same rate about 71 percent in Republican and Democratic districts.
Nevertheless, a big difference in family life is clear:
Democrats represent 59 districts in which less than half of adults are married. Republicans represent only two.
Democrats represent 30 districts in which less than half of children live with married parentss. Republicans represent none.
"The biggest gaps in American politics are religion, race and marital status," says Democratic pollster Anna Greenberg.
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