Many single women, a key bloc, are avoiding GOP

◼ (S)ingle women, already one-quarter of the electorate, represent the most serious threat to the party's viability. - AP

"There was just no way I could have supported any Republican this year," said Stevenson, 31. "They skew so much to the religious right. ... They focused so much on taxes. It's not something that women in my demographic really care about. I've never heard my friends lament their taxes."

...Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster who wrote a book with (Kellyanne Conway, a Republican pollster) on the women's vote, said unmarried women are a tough group for the GOP to crack.

"Any way you cut it, this demographic is much more on their own and much more precarious and much more interested in a safety net," Lake said. "If you're married, you're much more likely to be a churchgoer and have your church as a community. If you're married, you're much more likely to have owned your home for a while and have that community to rely on. If you're married, you're more likely to have your spouse to depend on...."