The Republicans are no more prone to sexual deviation than the Democrats.  The reason their escapades get so much publicity is because they pretend they are the moral bastions of society.  They have no one to blame but themselves because of their pandering to the religious right. It is true they have picked up a sizeable amount of votes from the Evangelicals which has helped win elections, but it will hurt the party in the long run the same way affirmative action hurt the Democrats. The Democrats had the support of the majority of blue collar workers prior to affirmative action, court ordered quotas, etc.  They captured almost entirely the black vote from the Republicans but lost a greater number of low and medium income workers to the Republicans. From the conclusion of the Civil War to the depression of the 1930’s almost the entire black population of the United States, that was registered to vote, were registered Republicans.  Almost every elected official in the Southern United States was a white Democrat until the civil rights movement that began in the 1960’s. Now there are very few Democrats who hold elected office in the South and the former black Republicans have joined the Democrats.  If you preach family values you better practice what you preach. There are a lot of Republican elected officials who don’t buy into the high moral bullshit but they suffer just the same because of their party affiliation.