Post by Keith on May 27, 2007 21:37:29 GMT -8
Women today have been playing a significant role in voter turnout and election outcomes. The '06 Senate and House elections was proof of it. So far candidates have been tapping into that such as addressing certain issues that directly affect females. Addressing and representing women's needs will definitely net them support of most of the women in this country. One of the biggest hot topics and still is one of the biggest hot topics today is a woman's right to get an abortion.
It's been one of the biggest hot topics in the '04 election. Kerry got a good deal of the women's votes because he would make legalize abortion nationwide as President. That's one of the biggest issues that most women would vote on almost as a whole. While there are still plenty of women that are against the idea of having an abortion. I remember the former governor of Virginia wanted to pass this one law that would make abortion illegal. But the detailed implications didn't understand the women's plights.
The law if instilled wouldn't care about a female's reason of an abortion such as rape or incest/rape. If that was the case, they'd be given an emergency contraceptive. But they didn't take into account the fear of the female. Unfortunately, the legal system in this country today have it where the victim is blamed for the rape. Defense attorney could go asking on why the female was in that area and with that person in the first place. That's just one example of the female's fear. With a law like that, you're not going to get much of the female vote.
You have to keep in mind what issues play a significant role. To me, Iraq and the separation of church and state are two very big issues with me. With a lot of females in this country, the right to get an abortion is a hot issue with them. If political candidates can deeply understand that issue and willing to represent that issue, that'll probably have a strong female voting turn-out.
Overall, it all depends on the issue. Then are circumstances that can go beyond certain issues. For example Hillary's running for President. We've known this since the end of '04. She's definitely getting a good number of the women's support. Mainly she's a strong female. Both women Democrats and Republicans want her to be President in the United States. So far, she's the embodiment of women's rights. That's very understandable.
One of the reasons I can understand is that I currently live in Florida. Florida happens to be one of the bible-belt states in the Southeast United States. Frankly, the south is pretty backwards on many things, especially women's rights and freedom of religion. Women are expected to stand by their men. And women are expected to be barefoot and pregnant. That's how it is in the Bible-belt. But that'll probably change soon since the Democrats have control of the House and Senate. The south is very conservative. Women didn't get the right to vote before the end of the 19th century. Blacks were given the right to vote, but that only applied to Black men.
Men and women are going to be voting either one way or another way on a bunch of issues. However, if certain issues are hot topic issues in an election, that's going to affect voter turn out. If you're representing women's rights and issues, you're going to get a good amount of votes. If not, your opponent will. But neither of you are, it solely depends on the other issues and how you stand by them.
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It's been one of the biggest hot topics in the '04 election. Kerry got a good deal of the women's votes because he would make legalize abortion nationwide as President. That's one of the biggest issues that most women would vote on almost as a whole. While there are still plenty of women that are against the idea of having an abortion. I remember the former governor of Virginia wanted to pass this one law that would make abortion illegal. But the detailed implications didn't understand the women's plights.
The law if instilled wouldn't care about a female's reason of an abortion such as rape or incest/rape. If that was the case, they'd be given an emergency contraceptive. But they didn't take into account the fear of the female. Unfortunately, the legal system in this country today have it where the victim is blamed for the rape. Defense attorney could go asking on why the female was in that area and with that person in the first place. That's just one example of the female's fear. With a law like that, you're not going to get much of the female vote.
You have to keep in mind what issues play a significant role. To me, Iraq and the separation of church and state are two very big issues with me. With a lot of females in this country, the right to get an abortion is a hot issue with them. If political candidates can deeply understand that issue and willing to represent that issue, that'll probably have a strong female voting turn-out.
Overall, it all depends on the issue. Then are circumstances that can go beyond certain issues. For example Hillary's running for President. We've known this since the end of '04. She's definitely getting a good number of the women's support. Mainly she's a strong female. Both women Democrats and Republicans want her to be President in the United States. So far, she's the embodiment of women's rights. That's very understandable.
One of the reasons I can understand is that I currently live in Florida. Florida happens to be one of the bible-belt states in the Southeast United States. Frankly, the south is pretty backwards on many things, especially women's rights and freedom of religion. Women are expected to stand by their men. And women are expected to be barefoot and pregnant. That's how it is in the Bible-belt. But that'll probably change soon since the Democrats have control of the House and Senate. The south is very conservative. Women didn't get the right to vote before the end of the 19th century. Blacks were given the right to vote, but that only applied to Black men.
Men and women are going to be voting either one way or another way on a bunch of issues. However, if certain issues are hot topic issues in an election, that's going to affect voter turn out. If you're representing women's rights and issues, you're going to get a good amount of votes. If not, your opponent will. But neither of you are, it solely depends on the other issues and how you stand by them.
www.helium.com/tm/311476/women-today-playing-significant