USATODAY.com - 'Fertility gap' helps explain political divide: "'Fertility gap' helps explain political divide
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EnlargeBy Lynn Arave, Deseret Morning News

Fourth-graders wade in the Great Salt Lake near Syracuse, Utah, in May. The state, a Republican stronghold, has high marriage and fertility rates.



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By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic mother of five from San Francisco, has fewer children in her district than any other member of Congress: 87,727.
Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, a Mormon father of eight, represents the most children: 278,398.
These two extremes reflect a stark demographic divide between the congressional districts controlled by the major political parties.
Republican House members overwhelmingly come from districts that have high percentages of married people and lots of children, according to a USA TODAY analysis of 2005 Census Bureau data released last month.
MARRIAGE GAP: Elections could"