[Vision2020] When Women Vote, Democrats Win

[Tom Hansen]

Women Should Vote Because:

* They are 51 percent of the population, and with this majority voice they
CAN influence the direction of critical policies important to us -- like
childcare, choice, personal safety and economic security, and a healthy
environment.

* They are not effectively exercising their hard-earned constitutional
right. 22 million registered unmarried women did not vote in the last
election. And more than 50 million eligible women -- married and unmarried
-- are not even registered to vote. 

* A poll last year of some 3,000 women of diverse backgrounds conducted by
the women's voting project Women Voices Women Vote found that 65 percent of
the women polled believe this country is going in the wrong direction.

* Based on the findings of a recent survey by Business and Professional
Women USA, retirement security, job opportunity, good schools and housing
costs are all of HIGHER importance to women than homeland security.

* Voting statistics among all women can be improved. According to the U.S.
Census bureau, in 2000, some 30 percent of eligible women were not
registered to vote. 

* Registering is only half the battle. Almost half of registered unmarried
women don't vote. If they turned out in numbers, unmarried women would be
the largest voting bloc and would be the deciding "X" factor in close
elections.

 

 

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are
dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all
exist very nicely in the same box. 

 

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