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ARE DEMOCRATS REALLY MORE LIKELY TO BE CHILDLESS CAT LADIES?

A friend asked if Democrats are really more likely to be childless. Whatever
your politics, that sounds like a data question!

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Henry strolls across the counter at Crumbs & Whiskers in Georgetown. (Evelyn
Hockstein for The Washington Post)
Column by Andrew Van Dam
August 2, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT

By now, you’re probably aware Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance has
described Democrats as “childless cat ladies” with no “direct stake” in
America’s future. We, on the other hand, have been ears-deep in data. So we had
no idea what our friend Julie Zauzmer Weil was getting at when she asked if
there was any evidence to support the notion of the “childless left.”


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