Many single women, a key bloc, are avoiding GOP Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 5:33 am, Saturday, December 15, 2012 [...] some warn that single women, already one-quarter of the electorate, represent the most serious threat to the party's viability. Around the world, as women gain more education and earn more money, they increasingly are delaying marriage, said Stephanie Coontz, who teaches history and family studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., and is director of research for the Council on Contemporary Families. In the Nov.