Salon/Huffington: Girls gone riled

http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2004/03/31/women/index.html

Will single women break Bush's heart in November?

March 31, 2004 | Trend-conscious candidates beware: Do not get caught courting soccer moms or NASCAR dads. They're so over. This year's hot new swing voter is the single woman.

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Democrats should be making an especially heavy play for them, since research shows that single women tend to be more progressive than other voters. And what's more, they are seriously ticked off: Over two-thirds of them believe that the country is moving in the wrong direction and want real change.

Although it's impossible to pigeonhole a group as diverse as single women -- they're young and old, encompass all races, and include divorced moms, widowed seniors and never-married Bridget Joneses -- there's a reason they tend to have the political opinions they do: The vast majority of them find themselves living on the economic edge, radicalized by the struggle to provide for themselves, their children and their older parents, mostly on one income.

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The issues single women are most concerned with -- job security, affordable healthcare and decent educational opportunities for themselves and their children -- also skew heavily in the Democrats' favor. When you're barely making ends meet, another round of tax cuts for millionaires doesn't tend to be very high on your political must-have list. Neither is spending mega-billions fighting preemptive, ideological wars based on misleading premises -- especially when, more often than not, it's your loved ones coming home in body bags.

It can't be helping Karl Rove sleep at night to know that single women are also more likely to support gun control, gay rights and, especially, abortion rights. Talk about your potential culture war blowback.

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How many of us know single women? How many of us fit into this demographic? How can we best mobilize single, sane and compassionate women into voting?

And have nothing but complete contempt for the idiot who thinks he's running our country. It was so reassuring to hear the real president, Mr. Gore, on Air America yesterday. A breath of fresh air.

...it will be women that bring some sanity back to this country. WOMEN ARE THE MAJORITY! Joe Six-Pack (the beverage, not the muscles) can't be depended on for shit. All you have to do is dangle the testosterone triggers and BOOM! you (s)elect an idiot. NASCAR Dads...I think I'm gonna puke. Next thing you know, gee-dubya will be hitting the Tractor-Pull in Enid, OK, you know, flying nice and low over the rodeo arena.

Dads" are the swing voters this year.

OF COURSE they would! Bush probably polls higher among adult male NASCAR fans than just about any demographic out there!

many of my friends - and we are all liberal democrats. I am also trying to actively recruit those I know who "aren't really into politics" (actually, I want to slap them silly when I hear that) by pointing out how they will personally suffer under another 4 years of monkey boy in the oval office.