For 2008, WVWV is targeting single women again -- 20 million of them in the "20 Million Reasons" campaign. Many pollsters and pundits have said that women voters will be the key to this historical election. But single women historically haven't voted in the same numbers as married women.
Unmarried women are crashing the party early. In Iowa, they were 28 percent of Democratic caucus-goers. In New Hampshire, they were 22 percent of the party's primary voters, and in South Carolina, 30 percent. Those are big numbers - for them.
A new study shows unmarried African American women are looking to impact this year's election. The study said unmarried voters have historically been the country's largest group of non voters, and unmarried African American women are considered a crucial block of voters in this election.
When South Carolinians vote Saturday in the Democratic presidential primary, how single African-American women vote could be decisive.
On the cusp of the South Carolina Democratic primary, Women’s Voices Women Vote releases new research detailing the impact of unmarried African American women in the 2008 elections.
BALTIMORE — At Vixxen Hair Salon, the main topic of conversation has always been money. But since last August, Anjanette Booker, the owner, has noticed a new focus. “Now it’s money and foreclosures,†Miss Booker said.
Singles, educate yourselves on who is running, because apparently, the singles will make the most difference in the presidential election this year. You make the difference.
This year's record primary turnout--New Hampshire's estimated half million votes last week numbered 100,000 more than the previous record from 2000--includes plenty of single women.
Iowa and New Hampshire turned out to be the day of the woman: But not exactly for the reason that you might think.
Just moments after the New Hampshire primary race was called Tuesday night for Hillary Clinton, one of her top strategists told me that one demographic group made the difference: unmarried women. Single, separated, divorced and widowed women have always leaned Democratic--that is, when they vote. But they historically have been a particularly difficult group to get ot the polls.
In the first contest for the White House, unmarried women of Iowa accounted for 28 percent of all Democratic caucus goers, trumping their overall share of the state's population.
The general election might be months away, but some organizations are already brainstorming ideas on reaching out to the nation's largest bloc of nonvoters and urging them to register.Unmarried women make up about a quarter of all eligible voters, and numbered 30 million in 2006.
Katharine Daniels Founder & Executive Editor, The WIP
Every year this nation’s priorities move further and further away from the concerns of the majority of American citizens, making daily life harder and harder. The prices we pay for housing, utilities, medications, transportation and food are all going up.
The narrative that emerges from the contest for the 2008 Democratic nomination will likely be a story about women.
DES MOINES — For a former state election commissioner who pushed for greater voter participation, Thursday night's record turnout in both the Democratic and Republican precinct caucuses was almost like a dream come true.
Now representing more than one quarter of eligible voters, single women hold a lot of cards in the upcoming election. Historically, it is the bloc of unmarried women of any age, whether single, divorced or widowed, who are the absolute least likely to vote -- get this -- even though they are the fastest growing group of eligible voters.