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Harmony Blue

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Tue Feb 25, 2014, 09:29 AM

Feb 2014

because telling women that they can control their own destiny is taboo on DU.

Shaming men accomplishes nothing when the majority of voters are women and many more women sit out elections. I know many women under the age of 29 (I am 31) that do NOT vote not just young men which is why I always receive flack when I say both men and women need to step up to the plate. Especially women, because they are the largest voting bloc now.

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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