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| | | | A new poll conducted by the Democratic firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, and commissioned for Women's Voices, Women Vote Action Fund, shows that it's also important not to overlook the role that unmarried women might play in the general election.
In the poll -- which was conducted among 1,004 registered unmarried women from June 19-24 in key battleground states -- Obama holds a 32-point lead over McCain (61%-29%) among this demographic.
Perhaps most interesting are the number of unmarried women in this country.
Per Census data, there are 53 million unmarried women in this country -- which is almost equal to the number of married women, both representing 26% of the voting-age population. In fact, Page Gardner, president of Women's Voices, Women Vote Action Fund, says that unmarried women represent the nation's fastest-growing demographic. "It is huge and it's growing," she told First Read. "This is an extremely important demographic."
There is no fear
Only greater understanding and awareness
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| | | | | And don't forget the spayed and nuetered pet demographic, Master lancelot. Their influence on their Masters is as yet unknown and like the cell phone toting young demographic they haven't been polled either. |
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| | | | All the good men are married or taken.
dandy=case in point
uh, married, not gay
not that there's anything wrong with that...
dandy
Laissez-faire!
'nuf said. |
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| | | | just for the record...my bitch lab is a mccain supporter
my male lab is a leaner
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| | | | some of that pet demographic coming in as we speak *G
Have you ever heard that a dog 'knows' when an earthquake is about to hit?
Have you ever heard that a dog can 'sense' when a tornado is stirring up, even 20 miles away?
Do you remember hearing that before the December tsunami struck Southeast Asia, dogs started running frantically away from the seashore, at breakneck speed?
Do you know that dogs can detect cancer and other serious illnesses and danger of fire?
Somehow they always know when they can go for a ride before you even ask and how do those dogs and cats get home from hundreds of miles away?
I'm a firm believer that animals - and especially dogs - have keen insights into the Truth.
And you can't tell me th at dogs can't sense a potentially terrible disaster well in advance.
Simply said, a dog just KNOWS when something isn't right .. . when impending doom is upon us . . they'll always try to warn us....!!
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| | | | Unmarried Women 53 Million, Flagged in April as Very Important
Unmarried Women are the 'Soccer Moms' of the 2008 Presidential Election
This cycle, the campaigns must focus on a new key demographic in order to win the White House
US News and World Report
By Liz Halloran
Posted April 15, 2008
Every presidential campaign season pollsters slice and dice their numbers to come up with a new class of voters destined to be key demographic deciders come Election Day—from the "soccer moms" of 2000, to the post-9/11 "security moms" and "Nascar dads" of 2004.
This year, according to national poll results released this morning, the country could witness the historic emergence of a new and powerful voting bloc: low-wage, change-seeking, concerned-about the country-but-still-hopeful unmarried women who lean strongly Democratic.
It's a mouthful, but bottom line, what the Democratic polling firm of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research says it found in its recent survey of American women was that unmarried women are not only the fastest growing voting demographic but are poised to become as important to the Democrats' ability to capture the presidency as white Evangelical Christians have been to Republicans.
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| | | | Barack Obama's campaign may get a major electoral boon from an organization that was accused of conspiring against him in the primary.
Women's Voices Women's Votes (WVWV), a non-partisan organization whose mailers caused confusion in the days prior to the North Carolina primary, is set to launch a historic, $2.4 million voter registration effort for the general election. The group's effort, "You Count. Be Counted!" will target 7 million unmarried women in 24 states during the late summer and early fall. The result could be a big boost for the Illinois Democrat.
"In the 2004 election, 20 million unmarried women did not participate, 15 million of whom were unregistered and 5 million of whom did not vote," said Page Gardner, President of WVWV. "If more and more unmarried women comprise a greater share of the electorate, elections will naturally change... Although a third of unmarried woman have traditionally voted Republican, because we are at such a place in our country -- they think the country is on the wrong track, they were first against the war, they need health care improved the most -- you do have a very important progressive constituency and a constituency in the most need for change. That is a snapshot of now, how it will play overtime remains to be seen."
The states being targeted by the group, which does not endorse or collaborate with candidates or parties, include Arkansas, Illinois Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, and West Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, Washington, Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
"Our overall goal for the cycle has been to make sure that we reach and register 900,000 and a million applications," said Gardner. "We are hoping and we think we will reach that goal with this mailing. So far our response rates have been completely off the charts in terms for the last mailing that we did."
In the days before the North Carolina primary, WVWV was accused of making robo-calls deliberately designed to confuse Obama's supporters. The calls, some of which were narrated by a deep-voiced, black male, told voters that the state's election was on a date that had already passed. Moreover, the group failed to provide contact information or a way to decline future calls -- a violation of North Carolina law.
WVWV has since apologized for the mistake, which seemed to have been the product of haste and over-ambition rather than politics. For the current effort, Gardner insisted that firewalls would be in place to prevent any confusion.
"Women's Voices Women Vote has contacted election officials in each state where the campaign will be active to notify them of the mailing, let them know to expect an increased number of registration forms that will need to be processed, and ensure the registration materials meet state standards," read a press release. "WVWV will continue to work with election officials and do everything it can to ensure unmarried women are able to exercise their right to vote in this historic election."
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| | | | | Polls show that McCain does better with women over 40 than Obama does. |
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| | | | That poll must have been before McCain's recent LowRoad campaign.
I predict more women of all voting ages will vote for Barack Obama than they will John McCain.
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| | | | | Traditionally, that would be true. This time around it doesn't seem to be going that way with women over 40 (the new soccer moms). |
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