Women Voters

Peaceful Revolution: What Women Wish Gwen Ifill Could Have Asked

Ellen Bravo | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Vice Presidential Debate, Child Care, Women Voters, Gwen Ifill, Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, Paid Family Leave, Living News
Ellen Bravo

I work with eleven statewide coalitions representing a million people, all fighting for policies that value families at work. Here are some questions we wish Gwen Ifill had been allowed to ask.

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Empower the Undecided: UDecide.org

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 10.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Citizenship, 2008 Campaign, Politics, Barack Obama, Voting, John McCain, Asian American Voters, Undecided Voters, Latino Voters, 2008, Activism, Black Voters, Women Voters, Voters, Get Out the Vote, Presidential Debates, Media News
Frances Moore Lappe

We can use the web to reach Americans who don't live on the web. In these last weeks, it's something we can do wherever we are.

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Single Women Can't Afford to Gamble with Their Vote

Page Gardner | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women's Voices Women's Vote, Voter Registration, Women Voters, Politics News
Page Gardner

What will it take to bring more unmarried women to the polls? They have told us they need more trustworthy information from reliable sources about the election process, the candidates and the issues.

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Meet 425 of My Obama Sisters from the East End

Joyce McFadden | Posted 09.29.2008 | Media

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Joyce McFadden

Something special happened in my community last weekend.

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New York Women Politicos Come Out for Obama

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kathleen Turner, Pumas, 2008 Election, Women Voters, Barack Obama, New York Women for Obama, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

In contrast to the narrative that has been promulgated about disgruntled Hillary supporters, the women I conversed with had moved on without trauma.

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Women May Be Most Affected By Economic Crisis And Election

Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Investments, U.S. Economy, Women's Rights, Cafta, Debate, Social Security, Working Mothers, Children, Children's Health Insurance, Middle Class, Working Women, Mccain, Obama, McCain Taxes, Legislation, Equal Pay for Equal Work, Minimum Wage, Unemployment, Privatization, Job Layoffs, Election 2008, Health Care, Equal Pay, Taxes, Welfare, Women Voters, Economic Crisis, Congress, Nafta, Outsourcing, Job Market, Women, Job Cuts, McCain Social Security Privatization, Women's Health, Palin, Women and Politics, Economy, Afta, Home News
Susan Kelley-Stamerra

If women aren't looked after in this election, in this economic environment, the losses will be substantial and lasting.

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McCain's Mockery of Women

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women and Politics, John McCain, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Women Voters, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

Sarah Palin's candidacy for vice president is a mockery of women. It's beyond insulting. It's not that we can't weather this, but it shows us how little John McCain thinks of women.

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Women of the World Unite!

Beth Arnold | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Profitting From Iraq War, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Barack Obama, Women Voters, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Beth Arnold

McCain didn't choose the hot governor because of his enlightenment toward the female gender or because of her intelligence or readiness to face the fiascos out of which our country must dig ourselves.

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It's Singles Week - Someone Tell Newsweek There Are 100 Million of Us and We Vote

Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Issues, Palin Lies, Time, Singled Out, Relationships, Single Voters, Hillary Supporters, Economy, Women Voters, Don Hazen, Alternet, 2008 Presidential Election, Single Women Voters, Media, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Singles, Happiness, Consciousness-Raising, Marriage, Singlism, Sean Hannity, National Singles Week, Huffington Post, Moms, Newsweek, Voting, Media News
Bella DePaulo

This week, September 21-27, is National Singles Week. If you think it is unnecessary to do a bit of consciousness-raising about people who are single ...

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Sam Stein

Biden, Clinton To Unite As Obama Woos Women Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Equal Pay, Joe Biden, Women Voters, Obama, Palin Mccain, Women Equal Pay, Obama Women Voters, Obama National Women, Clinton Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Barack Obama is continuing his effort to court women voters, with a fundraiser, new television ad, and a coordinated event with Hillary Clinton this w...

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Other Things

Lucy Carrigan | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Women Voters, Barack Obama, Abortion, The Right to Choose, Abortion Rights, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Lucy Carrigan

The McCain/Palin ticket (and the Republican Party), doesn't want you to talk about other things.

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Sam Stein

Obama Lays Out Plans To Woo Women Voters: Forget Palin, Focus On Equal Pay

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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During a conference call with national female supporters on Monday, Barack Obama and his aides outlined a comprehensive strategy to target female supp...

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America, Meet Rachel

Teresa McCoy | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Women and Politics, Gov. Janet Napolitano, Gov.Kathleen Sebelius, Women Voters, Barack Obama, Home News
Teresa McCoy

No matter where we think the state of our country stands, no matter how low, there are increasing numbers of young men and women just like Rachel who see this moment as their chance to change things.

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Why the Democrats Need to Dumb It Down

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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Michelle Haimoff

She makes them laugh and lets them think that they'll all head over to Culver's later for frozen custard and ButterBurgers.

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Angry White Women Revisited

Anna Greenberg | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Female Voters, Women's Vote, Women Voters, Sarah Palin, Women and Politics, Sarah Palin Women Voters, 2008 Election, McCain Palin, Politics News
Anna Greenberg

Many women voters find much to admire about Palin, but that does not mean they will vote for her without knowing what it would mean to their lives.

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Don't Complain About Biased Media Coverage, Do Something About It

David Latt | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Alaska, Media, Women Voters, Sarah Palin Reaction, Barack Obama, Media Bias, Sarah Palin, Media News
David Latt

After the Friday surprise that John McCain had chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate, the media reacted with shock and awe. Since then, while some m...

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Women Against Sarah Palin: Bloggers Strike Back

Jillian York | Posted 09.12.2008 | Home

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Jillian York

Two New York women decided to speak out against Sarah Palin by sending an email to their friends asking them to fight back. The email ended up getting sent around the world, and now women from all over the globe have responded on how they view the Alaska governor.

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Wake Up Little Suzi Wake Up!

Nancy Chuda | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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Nancy Chuda

Every feminist who marched without a bra and defended the rights of women, we're going backwards not forwards, becoming a dying breed, even endangered if Sarah Palin becomes our VP.

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Insulted Women Sound Off On Campaign Politics

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 09.10.2008 | Home

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Marlene H. Phillips

My email roared out the response of women who wanted their opinions on this election to be heard. "Insulted," was one word they used, and enraged with John McCain's underestimation of them.

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Enough! Look At The Record, Not The Bells And Whistles

Teresa McCoy | Posted 09.10.2008 | Home

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Teresa McCoy

Women here in Defiance, Ohio, are insulted that the McCain camp thinks that in 2008 we can't speak or think for ourselves. "Throw a woman on the ticket and they'll fall in line."

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Don't Skirt the Issue, Women: Which Side Are You On?

Karen Stabiner | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Polls, John McCain, Women Voters, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Politics News
Karen Stabiner

Listen up, waffling white ladies: Is there anything more narcissistic, more self-referential, than switching from Barack Obama to John McCain because Sarah Palin is a gal?

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The Palin Trap: Meta Symbol of American Womanhood is a Dangerous Distraction

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Judy Blume, Sarah Palin, Mom Voters, Talking Heads, Women Voters, Pundits, Women Bloggers, Sarah Palin Mom, Momocrats, Working Moms, Politics News
Morra Aarons-Mele

Palin as a mom symbol is important to discuss, but there's too much at stake to get lost again in the gender wars, no matter how validating it feels to have our opinions asked.

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Palin's Appeal To Working Class Women May Be Limited

Los Angeles Times | Faye Fiore and Peter Wallsten | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Economy, Sarah Palin Women Voters, Women Voters, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Trish Heckman, a 49-year-old restaurant cook and disappointed Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter, watched last week as the country's newest political st...

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Sarah Palin and the "Women's" Vote

Roseanne Barr | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Palin Birth Control, Abortion Laws, Women's Issues, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Abortion Rights, Women Voters, Sarah Palin, Women and Politics, Sarah Palin Vice President, Birth Control, Sarah Palin Reactions, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Roseanne Barr

Palin doesn't believe that women or girls should have birth control. She believes every raped female who gets pregnant should have to carry the child to term.

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RNC Speech Proves Sarah Palin is Not "Every Woman"

Kim Mance | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

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Kim Mance

As a woman and feminist, I'm not buying all the rhetoric. Mainly because Sarah Palin is the most anti-women woman to hit national politics to date.

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