It used to be clear. Conservative (mostly white) Christians voted Republican. Fallwellian conservatives knew their party – the politically hawk-like, anti-abortion, anti gay marriage and anti gay rights, states-rights Republicans. According to the Washington Post, when referring to the Bush election in 2004

This week on the blog MyDD, Melissa Ryan wrote: “Women have told me that they're to intimidated to comment and post diaries on political blogs. I think that reluctance comes from a society that discourages women from participating in politics. That's a much larger problem, one that traditional media and political organizations aren't about to tackle. Instead they throw pot shots at bloggers, and in turn potentially discourage women from joining the Netroots coalition. Sexism exists everywhere. Yes it's a part of the netroots but as Jane {Hamsher, from Firedoglake] points out sexism is deeply rooted in the culture of both politics and media. The lack of women participating on political blogs is a discussion worth having, but the MSM shouldn't be driving the debate. Women bloggers should." One of the things I like most about BlogHer is that we defy labels. We cover everything.