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Tue Feb 25, 2014, 09:03 AM

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39% of unmarried women eligible to vote have not registered [View all] Fumesucker Feb 2014 OP

That's insane gopiscrap Feb 2014 #1

It would seem ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #2

It's revealing just how little interest there is regarding this topic on DU Fumesucker Feb 2014 #5

It's becoming more and more clear ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #29

I posted this the day after Obama's first Inaugural Fumesucker Feb 2014 #38

+1 Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #42

I've been avoiding even opening this thread - Ms. Toad Feb 2014 #50

It's easy to tell by the number of replies Fumesucker Feb 2014 #53

I was just explaining why I had not opened it before now Ms. Toad Feb 2014 #54

Thank you for doing that! I know exactly how thankless bettyellen Feb 2014 #47

Those are huge, and mostly likely D voters. Interesting. El_Johns Feb 2014 #3

Yes, single women are D voters if you can get them registered and to the polls Fumesucker Feb 2014 #6

They have no personal reason to vote RobertEarl Feb 2014 #4

True and good point Victor_c3 Feb 2014 #25

PARTY!! RobertEarl Feb 2014 #48

We need better GOTV efforts. I didn't realize these numbers were so dismal. myrna minx Feb 2014 #7

You can see how popular this topic is Fumesucker Feb 2014 #8

Kick Chorophyll Feb 2014 #9

A kick for a topic leftynyc Feb 2014 #10

This is the most important OP I have seen on DU in years. Coyotl Feb 2014 #11

Wow. HappyMe Feb 2014 #12

Nor did I maddezmom Feb 2014 #13

It's amazing that they don't think HappyMe Feb 2014 #17

K&R MadrasT Feb 2014 #14

Just A question Mr Dixon Feb 2014 #15

This is just registration yeoman6987 Feb 2014 #28

This thread will not receive many recs Harmony Blue Feb 2014 #16

Way to go, appealing to women voters! bettyellen Feb 2014 #30

time to change that G_j Feb 2014 #18

You would think that that HappyMe Feb 2014 #31

The Democrats need to start giving women in that age group something to actually Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #19

I posted this thread at 9:49 last night, by this morning it had three replies and 2 recs Fumesucker Feb 2014 #21

Disagreement is always more popular than agreement here gollygee Feb 2014 #22

Did you look at the link I put in the post you replied to? Fumesucker Feb 2014 #24

Sorry, I saw "spittle-drenched posts" and assumed it was snide. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #23

The fact that this issue is being used as a bludgeon speaks volumes. nt redqueen Feb 2014 #33

It does. Voter registration is huge for me and this OP comes off as a swipe bettyellen Feb 2014 #35

None at all - about women or the other groups mentioned. redqueen Feb 2014 #36

Also, I think unmarried men have a similarly low registration and voting rate gollygee Feb 2014 #44

The information in post 43 indicates that you are correct re:. % of unregistered single men. redqueen Feb 2014 #46

You may think you know my opinions, you might be mistaken though Fumesucker Feb 2014 #45

Fair enough, but I think DU can reflect a bit on how alienating- or unwlecoming it is to women bettyellen Feb 2014 #55

K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #20

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #26

You'd be surprised how many people do not register to vote because they do not want to be called shrike Feb 2014 #27

Except they changed that in most states RockaFowler Feb 2014 #52

So many people are uninvested, hopeless, cynical, etc. redqueen Feb 2014 #32

All of those people on that list HappyMe Feb 2014 #39

And you're saying this to me because... ? Do you think I don't know? redqueen Feb 2014 #40

The last time I went out HappyMe Feb 2014 #41

Locally I tried to organize voter registration for the last two big (local) elections bettyellen Feb 2014 #34

All politics is personal. MicaelS Feb 2014 #37

I think they've got the African American figure wrong muriel_volestrangler Feb 2014 #43

Way too many of those (or us) with little to no power vote. Lunacee_2013 Feb 2014 #49

There would be lots of Democratic Party voters out of that bunch, Jamastiene Feb 2014 #51

Too many people buy into the Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #56