2008 is the year women, 35 and up, take back their country

[ruggerson]

The huge story the endless array of talking heads keep minimizing is the fact that women, 35 and older, are coming out in enormous numbers in Democratic contests, driving up the total vote up to almost double the amount it has been in previous cycles.

It is the one trend that so far does not seem to be a fluke. It has occurred, on the Democratic side, in each contest so far.

If these numbers keep holding up during the primary season and on into the general election, women could be 55% or more of the total vote in November, with older women leading the statistical surge.

If that occurs, it bodes very well for us in the fall.

[Horse with no Name]

1. I only hope they are voting for the right reasons n/t

[Skittles]

3. did you ever wonder that about men?

just wondering

[Horse with no Name]

16. If you implying I am sexist then you are full of shit

I would hope that people who have never voted coming out in droves voting should be because they FEEL it is the best candidate and that they are informed. If they are just voting because John Edwards has nice hair, or we need a Black President or we need a Woman President without considering the issues...then they are voting for the wrong reason.
IF you consider the issues and come up with that person as the best candidate, then so be it. People need to understand that they aren't voting for American Idol...they really need to remember that their vote is precious and important, not to be thrown away for a silly reason.

On edit:
and for your information...had the OP said MORE teens, MORE men, MORE anything...I would have had the same response.
Not everybody is a fucking misogynist.

[Skittles]

18. lots of men won't vote for a female or black nominee

pick on them instead of worrying about the motives of female voters

[Horse with no Name]

19. I'm not picking on anyone

Do you want to fucking censor my speech now? I am a woman over 35 and I have every fucking right to say my opinion as you do.

[Skittles]

20. LOL nt

[Horse with no Name]

24. LOL yourself. Trying to start shit where none exists. Figures. n/t

[DemIdeals]

50. lolling at you large skittles

nt

[Der Blaue Engel]

33. I'm wondering why you're bringing up Edwards's "nice hair"

as a possible voting motive and hoping women aren't "throwing away" votes for "silly" reasons.

I'm not calling you sexist or a misogynist, but I am hoping you'll examine why you're thinking of women's votes in these terms.

Whether someone is voting for frivolous reasons is just something I would never have thought to question, regardless of sex, age or any other factor.

[Horse with no Name]

35. Because of the haircut?

Do you remember the hot topic it was?

[Der Blaue Engel]

44. I guess I can't understand why anyone would vote based on hair

or think anyone would vote based on hair.

:shrug:

[bigbrother05]

42. Maybe women are tired of seeing people die

Or tired of watching their family's security being eroded.

Or tired of being lied to.

Or tired of being minimized.

Maybe women are turning out in greater numbers because they know better than most that now may be the last chance to set our country back on track to the future we would hope for for our children.

[hlthe2b]

4. Well, they clearly are not coming out for Republicans....

So, from that standpoint, I'd say they are out for the right reasons. I'll support any of the three, but if they are coming out for HRC, then so be it. Perhaps we really do need both on the ticket.

[vanboggie]

12. I am!

JRE is the only option for this older woman.

[emilyg]

26. Each voter has a "right" reason.

[peace13]

27. I would happily vote for a woman if I could find one

that represented my views.

[jazzjunkysue]

49. Amen. n/t.

[Ellen Forradalom]

31. What a peculiar comment

With a condescending ring to it.

Who decides if those voters' reasons are right? I should think it would be the voters themselves.

[Horse with no Name]

36. Not near as damn condescending as your pos*t

I guess commenting on anything pertaining to women is verboten here? What a crock. Sounds like you have a few unresolved issues.
Oh by the way...I am an avid feminist.
So don't even go THERE.

[alittlelark]

39. I understand what you are saying...

...far too well.

[Olney Blue]

2. Interesting...

[Muttocracy]

5. take it back? I don't think anybody let them have it before, did they? ;) n/t

[ruggerson]

8. True

It'll be a bright, shiny new toy. And a brave, new world.

[fooj]

21. A bright, shiny new toy?

How can that be? More like an exhausting ping-pong match...Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton.

Perfect strawman setup.

Honestly, I would like to think that women are smarter than that. We wouldn't be "taking our country back"...unless "back" means handing it back over. Don't you think out of 340+ million Americans there just might be someone besides Bush/Clinton that has the ability to lead our country? Looks like we have had only 2 families to choose from for a very long time. Seriously. Thirty-six years combined. Isn't 2008 supposed to be all about change?

[OzarkDem]

6. Yet they're not treated well by either party

Here's hoping they see through the BS and pick a good candidate.

[durrrty libby]

7. Yep, The dames will take Hill all the way. Count on it

:P

[leftstreet]

9. .

:popcorn:

[gdaerin]

10. what about women Below 35?! do I not count? nt

[hlthe2b]

11. It means that women 35 and older are coming out in droves...

We do less well getting younger women out. That is all.... Your vote counts, but not as a secular trend....:shrug:

[NJObamaWoman]

15. I'm below too. I guess we don't count.

[hlthe2b]

17. Would you two get a grip and drop the woe is me...

The bulk of increase has been in women 35 and older. Want the discussion moved to your age demographic? Get up and convince your fellow females to go to the polls. Sorry, but young people of both genders are typically less likely to vote. And single women across the age spectrum have similarly been less likely to vote.

Want your vote to REALLY count? Then get out the vote.

[gdaerin]

32. Hey I do vote, in every election! the truth is Hillary appeals to just one specific group of women

doesn't it bother you that she doesn't get closer to 100% of the democratic bases womens vote?

[hlthe2b]

48. I remain uncommitted. What would bother me....

would be if ANY candidate got close to 100% of the democratic base of any group. That would mean that the votes were blindly based on gender,(or race or ethnicity or whatever it might be) rather than an assessment of their policies that line up with the voter's own beliefs.

And as I said, want to have your age group become a focus? Then get other females of your age cohort to vote!

[ArkySue]

13. As Eleanor Roosevelt said,

"It's up to the women!"

[ginchinchili]

14. "2008 is the year women, 35 and up, take back their country"...

Hmmm...I thought it was all of our country. Silly me. Sounds more to me like the beginning of the end of the Democratic Party.

[fooj]

23. Amen to that.

[ruggerson]

29. You have a problem with winning?

n/t

[ginchinchili]

38. LOL...no, but I do have a problem with taking unnecessary risks

at a time when we need to be focused in winning. Hillary, as unpopular as she is, is an unnecessary risk.

[ruggerson]

40. Well out of the three plausible choices we have left

I think she's by far the most electable on national security issues.

[MercerForPrez]

22. 2008 is the year of Lee Mercer, Jr.

Get over it, ruggerson.

[ruggerson]

25. Hi sniffa!

Life been treating ya good?

[Auntie Bush]

28. Three cheers for women! (around the world) It's about time!

[gdaerin]

41. For what? Time to elect a woman who slanders other women for having the courage to

let others know they've been sexually harrassed by her husband?

Just knowing that Hillary would in a heartbeat do the same thing to me that she did to Gennifer Flowers and others makes me Sick!

[LulaMay]

30. What a day that would be :)

[wisteria]

34. With all the Clinton dirty tricks and Bill out campaigning like he is the one running,

I have lost any desire to vote for Senator Clinton. I don't see this so much any more as Hillary's campaign but Bill and his cronies. And, I for one am disheartened to think we will possibly have more of the same old same old with the Clinton's in the White House again.

If Senator Clinton really wanted to prove she was independent of her husband she should of ran using her maiden name.

[Tom Joad]

37. 2008 is the year corporate america reestablishes itself as

with new, smarter management in the White House. With a president that can speak english. and obey corporate masters.

What more could they want!?!?!?

[VotesForWomen]

43. could be; i think the collective pissed-offness of women is reaching critical mass. nt

[ursi]

45. Will they go to war in Iran if called upon? That's what worries me. Lieberman

is still out there.

[Radical Activist]

46. Women over 35 already vote in high numbers in every election.

Its one of the most active demographics. There's nothing new about that.
It wouldn't be the kind of shift in the electorate that engaging more young people or minorities could produce.

[TheWraith]

47. Um, you're mistaken.

It's not just "women 35 and up" who are voting. Democratic turnout is up across the board. It's not any one group that's driving the numbers, any more than it was in 2004 or 2006 when the trend was starting.

[wisteria]

51. This amazes me. I know many woman 35 years and up that despise Clinton

and say they won't vote for her.
Go figure. This phenomenon wasn't present in Iowa. It just occurred in the last to primary elections. I would suggest that two elections does not equal a trend.

[robinlynne]

52. are you kidding? There are machines counting the votes. This is the year

ES&S takes over the country....again.