ARIANNA ONLINE – March 31, 2004 – Girls Gone Riled: Will Single Women Break Bush’s Heart?
Although single women account for one-fifth of the U.S. electorate, they historically turn out to vote in much smaller numbers than married women or, for that matter, married or single men.
The stats are simply stunning: According to Women�s Voices, Women Vote, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to engaging unmarried women in the electoral process, 22 million unmarried women didn�t vote in the last presidential election. If these single women had voted at the same rate as married women did, 6 million additional votes would have been cast. No small matter in a coin-toss election like 2000 was � and like 2004 may be.
So while TV viewers are waving good-bye to the �Sex and the City� singles, Roz from �Frasier,� and Rachel from �Friends,� political strategists are ardently wooing their real-life counterparts.
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.
If you’re a single woman, your vote could determine the direction the whole country takes – get out and VOTE!!!