It seems that there has never been a time when women voters have had a greater opportunity to affect America’s future. The U.S. is in this war and there is an election coming up and to top it all off, we’ve got Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. She has totally heightened the interest of women voters. That is not to say that Hilary is why women are paying attention to the election. They would have been paying attention to this election anyways because of the war in Iraq, the instability we are facing regarding the economy as well as the changes in the Supreme Court and what that means for abortion and civil liberties. A national poll conducted for the Lifetime television network showed that nearly 40 percent of women feel that voting in the 2008 election will be more important than in previous years. The overwhelming majority of registered women say they plan to vote. Most aren’t committed to a particular candidate. Those potential votes are worth so much at this point. Most of the candidates don’t want to look at issues like pay equity or child care, or in other words anything that might be of particular interest to women. The Lifetime poll was part of the “Every Woman Counts” campaign, which encourages women to vote and speak out on important issues. The poll and an extensive series of interviews indicate that among women, Senator Clinton is not the clear choice just yet. I think it is safe to say that there is a great amount of variance when it comes to women’s opinion regarding Clinton. Some women are in love with her, others can’t stand her. I think this creates an internal conflict for those women who want a woman in the white house, but are not sure that Hilary is the one. Will they seem like they are not supporting their gender if they don’t support Hilary? Bottom line: You Go Girls!!!!!
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I find it very interesting that women find it more important to vote NOW. i think its mostly from Hillary's running for president because she's given a sense of girl power.
I hate this whole thing, to be honest. I find it ridiculous that when i ask woman, or registered young adults who they're voting for they respond, "Hillary" and i say why and they say, "well, hmmm, because she's a woman" WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAKE UP... that is NO REASON TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE. That's like Nick saying, i want to vote for John Edwards because he's white and he looks like me. WRONG!!!! That's like an African American person saying, huh, i like Barack... and never hear him speak. We need this election to be force an incredible political dialogue where voters think about who they're voting for. This is a year where change needs to be a priority. But it is amazing Sarah, that people are taking this year so seriously. I love it, and it's so good of LIFETIME to do what they're doing... See you in religion : )
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