… Women make up a larger percentage of the electorate than men, they are disproportionately likely to go to the polls in midterm election years, and they are more likely to vote Democratic than men are to vote Republican. … Both parties spin their own version of political algebra that […] Read more »
The Urgent Economic Narrative for 2014
The economy is still the main issue in the 2014 election, impacting the mood of the country, driving likely voter turnout, and defining what is at stake. With voters uncertain of President Obama and the Democrats’ direction on the economy, Democratic voters are 7 points less likely than Republicans to […] Read more »
Why Does Abortion Endure as a Political Tripwire?
Why is there such a difference in the durability of two foundational issues of American conservatism: gay marriage and abortion? Same-sex marriage burst onto the political scene in the early 1990s, lasted through the mid-2000s, and is now quietly fading. Abortion, as a political call to arms, has been around […] Read more »
If Democrats Motivate Women Voters, Then What?
Democrats have been talking a lot about women and equality lately. This week President Barack Obama brought equal-pay-for-women advocate Lilly Ledbetter back to the White House to in honor of Equal Pay Day. And in the Senate Democrats attempted to bring the Paycheck Fairness Act to the floor and were […] Read more »
After Decades of Decline, A Rise in Stay-at-Home Mothers
The share of mothers who do not work outside the home rose to 29% in 2012, up from a modern-era low of 23% in 1999, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data. This rise over the past dozen years represents the reversal of a long-term decline […] Read more »
Democrats target unmarried female voters
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is building a national computer model to predict voters’ marital status, with hopes of targeting what may be the party’s most important demographic group: unmarried women. “The completed model will let us pinpoint unmarried women as the target of specific, poll-tested messages delivered through field, […] Read more »