"Women account for a majority of voters in election years. Women also held a majority of non-farm payroll jobs in January 2010 — for the first time since the U.S. Department of Labor started collecting data in 1964. The 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistics Databook on Women in the Labor Force reported that 71.3 percent of mothers with children were working."
The origin of the "war on women" as it has been used in this election cycle is also a bit controversial, with various viewpoints on who used it first and how. Contrasting views of what's behind it are offered by The Atlantic and by RedState.com. The latter's Erick Erickson tracks some of the conversations back on a blog, with quotes showing its use by various Democrats.
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