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Where Are The Women Voters???

Are you Registered to Vote? Are you Male or Female?

  • Yes, Male

    Votes: 7 63.6%

  • Yes, Female

    Votes: 4 36.4%

  • No, Male

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • No, Female

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    11
  • Poll closed .
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myvotecounts

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As many of us are already aware, voting is an essential practice that can be detrimental to our future and the future of society as a whole in the coming years. While it’s important to get everyone involved in the voting process, I think that it is essential that we get more women involved in voting despite their party preference. In that, according to the U.S. Census bureau, in 2000, 30% of eligible women were not registered to vote. What’s so sad about this statistic is that women are 51% of the population with 157 million women making up our population in contrast to 151 million men according to the 2010 Census results. As the majority, women have the power to influence the direction of critical policies that are not only important but also very critical to us such as: childcare, choice, personal safety and economic security, and a healthy environment. With women representing 51% of the population and 30% of eligible female voters not voting, I ask, where are all the women voters? How can "we" get more female voters registered and involved in the political process?
 
Perhaps women would vote more if there were more women candidates. I think had Hillary or Sarah won, more younger women would be involved as it wouldn't seem like such a man's club. As it is now it is more middle aged men everywhere.
 
I'm Male and I'm registered to vote. My girlfriend, is not registered to vote nor does she want to be registered to vote.
 
Tigger said:
I'm Male and I'm registered to vote. My girlfriend, is not registered to vote nor does she want to be registered to vote.
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Nor do you wish for her to vote.
 
liblady said:
Nor do you wish for her to vote.
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Nor does SHE wish to vote, liblady. This is something she has been doing (or not doing) for almost a decade and a half before I ever met her. She's 31 years old (as of this past March) and she has never cast a ballot in any election (I met her this past Januart). She doesn't feel that she is capable of understanding the details of the political arena and has therefore chosen to remove herself from it entirely.
 
Daktoria said:
Of course. Who wants one's significant other burdened with political responsibility?
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No more than I would want her burdened with the responsibility of trying to operate a nuclear powerplant. Why would I want her trying to do something she is not qualified to do, and which if she does wrong, could have long-lasting negative impacts on our entire lives?

Now, to be fair, I feel the same way about a very large portion of the MALE voting population as well.
 
I'm glad I married a woman who can understand politics enough to cast a ballot. She can also understand tax forms and does our business returns.

I think those who don't vote because they don't understand the process/issues are those who don't take the time to become responsible citizens.

It shows in other ways as well, she is a veteran, volunteer worker, and helpful to others without thought of recompense.

Glad I was lucky enough to convince her to marry me, (took a few drinks )
 
Ok - I resent the suggestion that I vote based on GENDER . . . that's quite offensive. But I'm not the average woman - now whether that's good or bad I don't know

I'm more interested - overall - in just getting more people to vote based on knowledge and values, etc - rather than blind voting based on last-minute decisions about issues they know little about. I think that 1/4 of people can sit home on election day and spare theirselves the outward display of 'being involved'

Gender is quite the non-issue in the equation to me because I don't see gender being representative of me very much in regard to politics.
 
notquiteright said:
I think those who don't vote because they don't understand the process/issues are those who don't take the time to become responsible citizens.
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I don't think that's true in all cases. Dismissing my personal bias regarding gender and this issue for a moment; there are just a lot of people out there who do not have the time, interest, or cognitive ability to sift through the garbage scow worth of crap that these elections create. They don't believe they have the ability to do it, or they just don't find enough differences between the parties/candidates to make it worth their while to find the differences. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I'd rather have them sit out than to run the risk of them voting for the wrong person.
 
Women are allowed to vote? Oh, yes, that's right. It took until 1920 for that little bit of equality to appear in our Constitution.

For a country that so proclaims equality, fairness, exceptionalism etc. blah blah, we are very slow to actually do this. Everybody except white slave owners has had to fight for even basic rights. Even today, we are in heated contest of the rights of same-sex people to register their affection.

It's no wonder so many are disaffected.
 
What's the first thing women did with their political power? They banned alcohol.
 
Yes. Registered independent.
 
Good point.

So, who un-banned it and substituted other drugs to demonize?

francois60 said:
What's the first thing women did with their political power? They banned alcohol.
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Tigger-

Your personal bias about gender is front and center of everything you say in here, it just can't be dismissed because it runs as deep in you as my belief in service to my country by volunteering to join the Infantry.

What is with this all or none crap? Some this and some that... taking the time to be informed is a citizen's duty, if your girlfriend can't understand the 'complex' issues or won't take the time to learn what is at stake each election cycle then by all means she shouldn't vote!

My wife does take some time to go over issues, we discuss them, she makes up her own mind and votes.

I wanted a equal partner someone to walk beside me...well ok, when we were younger I liked her to walk a bit ahead of me, she had a certain hitch in her git-a-long I admired

Just what level of digging into the issues a person does isn't for you or I to judge. Voting is a right, for better or worse it is what we believe in this country...

You are free to leave, which you have said you will do... so why care about who wins an election?
 

The goal shouldn't be numbers of any particular group. The goal should be getting informed voters. If you don't bother to take to the time to check on what your elected officials are doing,don't take the time to see what they are saying and what they voting on then you shouldn't vote.
 
specklebang said:
Good point.

So, who un-banned it and substituted other drugs to demonize?
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Oh, I'm just being cantankerous. Prohibition, unlike the later drug war, was primarily an issue of wives against the saloons. It started out as primarily religious groups against alcohol, but the movement really took off with the founding of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, who transformed the debate from one of simple anti-vice, to a domestic violence issue. They blamed alcohol for men beating their wives. But of course that's not the whole story, there were a lot of interests that wanted alcohol banned. I just think women and their growing political power were the tipping point.
 
francois60 said:
What's the first thing women did with their political power? They banned alcohol.
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LOL - oh thanks. . . are you saying that a small - tiny - handful of women in politics had that much influence?

Wow

I'm thrilled at that thought.

However - I know history and so I know that's not true. . . what is true is that Rockefeller was very influential. The true history of prohibition is quite fascinating, I think it would make for some very good late-night reading for you It's more of a story about how the rich and powerful in business can influence government decisions for their own business and financial gains.
 
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I completely and totally agree on both parts. It SHOULD BE the duty of every voting citizen to be informed on what is going on in the country and the politics of the nation. I also agree that ANY individual who cannot or will not take the time to be informed on these things should not vote.

notquiteright said:
Just what level of digging into the issues a person does isn't for you or I to judge. Voting is a right, for better or worse it is what we believe in this country...
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It's what YOU PEOPLE believe. I am a proponent of a system that would force people to PROVE they know what it is they're talking about before they are allowed to walk into a voting booth.

notquiteright said:
You are free to leave, which you have said you will do... so why care about who wins an election?
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I don't care who wins the Presidential election. With any luck I will be long gone before that individual has any chance to inflict significant damage to this country beyond what has already been done.
 
I can't speak for all women especially those that don't vote, because I do vote, but one of the things that put me off from voting is the "politics" itself. There is so much distrust in all politicans. They never seem to be truely honest and instead have more intersest in promoting their party and increasing their power. I think that if an election was based solely on facts and those facts were presented in a clear and informative manner (not the media in its current biased format) women would feel more comfortable in making a good decision and actually vote.

Or, maybe we are just tired of men lying to us and we don't want to vote for any of them...
 
That's a great point. In researching different reasons behind the low female voting involvement, a lack of female representation was one of the assumptions noted. However, similarly, isn't a male candidate good enough if his ideals are supporting women?
 
Wow. Why isn't she a registered voter? What are her thoughts behind the upcoming presidential election?
 
That's great. It is imperative that each of us does our parts and vote despite what political offiliation we may side with. What makes me angry is when people complain about what's going on in the world but when you ask them if they vote, they say no. To them I say if you don't vote, then don't complain.


I think those who don't vote because they don't understand the process/issues are those who don't take the time to become responsible citizens.

It shows in other ways as well, she is a veteran, volunteer worker, and helpful to others without thought of recompense.

Glad I was lucky enough to convince her to marry me, (took a few drinks )[/QUOTE]
 
Now that's well stated. If there were more women candidates I wouldn't necessarily vote for them because they're women. I vote based on the policies and work that the individual has done to support their ideas. In that, whether someone was male or female, if they don't stand for similar things then there's no way I would vote for them.
 
myvotecounts said:
Wow. Why isn't she a registered voter? What are her thoughts behind the upcoming presidential election?
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I'm going to assume that you were asking this of me.....

She never graduated from high school (she's working on her GED). She just doesn't really feel like she understands enough of what is going on in politics, current events, or things like that to be informed enough to vote. She doesn't really pay too much attention to the news. Definitely not for the half of the week that she isn't living with me. It just isn't an important part of her life.
 
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