Bush losing women’s support

I can’t believe that he ever really had it, but that’s besides the point…

A new survey by EMILY’s List shows that women are turning against the president and the GOP as they grow increasingly unhappier with the war, Bush’s plans for Social Security, and the repeated invasions into “personal or family” decisions.

Last fall, about 48 percent of female voters supported Bush — 5 percentage points more than in 2000 and 10 points more than for Republican Bob Dole in 1996. But one-third of women surveyed who voted for Bush said they don’t intend to vote Republican in the 2006 congressional midterm elections. Women favored Democrats over Republicans for Congress, 43 percent to 32 percent, which, combined with men’s responses, would put Democrats ahead, 40 percent to 36 percent.