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Women in 11/07 elections, interest in 2008 high


I’ll be writing more about this topic over the next few weeks, but from Women’s eNews, there’s this:

In the Nov. 6 off-year elections, women and pro-choice candidates gained victories while a new study showed that female voters’ involvement is growing more crucial in the 2008 presidential race.

In New Jersey, a record number of women were elected in the State Assembly and Senate, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. The state’s legislative branch is now 28 percent female with nine women in the Senate and 25 in the Assembly. The state has vaulted from 43rd in the country in terms of female representation to being tied with California and Connecticut in 15th place.

The activist group Republican Majority for Choice was also pleased with the election results, which included the victories of six moderate, pro-choice Republicans in New Jersey.

And a poll about women’s rising interest in politics (read the whole piece though):

Most American women remain uncommitted on a choice of a presidential candidate, but nearly one in four say they are more interested in the 2008 race than usual because a woman is running, a poll said on Wednesday.

One in four was more likely to vote because Sen. Hillary Clinton is in the contest, said the survey of more than 1,000 women for Lifetime Network, a cable network with programming aimed at women.

Of those, about two-thirds said they would vote for Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, and the remaining third would vote against her.

You can read more about the poll (done for Lifetime Networks Every Woman Counts Campaign by Opinion Research Corporation) here.

I’ve read about concerns that Hillary Clinton’s nomination could have a negative effect down ticket, but that concern needs serious debate – not just conclusory supposition.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:28 pm November 10th, 2007 in Campaigning, Elections, Politics, WH2008, Women 

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4 Responses to “Women in 11/07 elections, interest in 2008 high”

  1. 1 Ben on November 12th, 2007 1:42 am

    of course they are interested! mark penn told everyone how many women are going to secretly going to vote for hillary without telling their husbands!

  2. 2 Women Say the F-Word « Making Susan Proud on November 15th, 2007 8:19 pm

    [...] @ 7:19 pm Senator Clinton’s quest for presidency has encouraged women bloggers to analyze voter turn out, feminism, and their political values within the gender debate.  Since the 2008 Presidential [...]

  3. 3 Making Susan Proud on November 15th, 2007 8:24 pm

    [...] @ 7:22 pm Senator Clinton’s quest for presidency has encouraged women bloggers to analyze voter turn out, feminism, and their political values within the gender debate.  Since the 2008 Presidential [...]

  4. 4 Jill Miller Zimon on November 15th, 2007 10:50 pm

    Ben – is that true!? Wow. I’m more of the ilk where the women are telling the men how to vote and the men sheepishly go and do as they are TOLD! :)

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