KSFO's Rodgers on voting gender gap: For “a lot of women in this country who get knocked up ... the government becomes Daddy in terms of paying the bills”

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On the June 11 broadcast of San Francisco radio station KSFO's The Lee Rodgers Program, host Lee Rodgers said: "[T]he historical voting records show that Democrats have, historically, enjoyed a huge advantage in women voters. Why is that?" Rodgers continued: “Well, some women may be offended by this, but here's another dose of reality. We have a lot of women in this country who get knocked up and they don't have a husband. In effect, the government becomes Daddy in terms of paying the bills. And that accounts -- that's not all of it, but that accounts for a large part of that vote.”

From the June 11 broadcast of KSFO's The Lee Rodgers Program:

RODGERS: I wonder what's going to happen with women voters going into this election. Now, the historical voting records show that Democrats have, historically, enjoyed a huge advantage in women voters. Why is that? Well, some women may be offended by this, but here's another dose of reality. We have a lot of women in this country who get knocked up and they don't have a husband. In effect, the government becomes Daddy in terms of paying the bills. And that accounts -- that's not all of it, but that accounts for a large part of that vote.

Nathan Tabak is an intern at Media Matters for America.