The Hill Report: Unmarried America growing, leaning Democratic

[Omaha Steve]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/report-unmarried-america-growing-leaning-democratic-2007-06-29.html

Report: Unmarried America growing, leaning Democratic
By Sam Youngman
June 29, 2007
Unmarried Americans, mostly women, are one of the fastest-growing demographics in the country, and they vote “overwhelmingly” for Democratic candidates, according to a new report.

“The State of Unmarried America,” a report released by the group Women’s Voices, Women Vote (WVWV), shows that the 25 percent of the eligible electorate who are unmarried are neither registering nor voting.

In 2004, 71 percent of eligible married voters voted, but only about 55 percent of unmarried voters did so.

The report, conducted by Celinda Lake and Lake Research Partners, found that the 25 percent of the eligible unmarried electorate represents a larger demographic than black and Latino eligible voters combined.

Women’s Voices, Women Vote compiled the data in an effort to track and reach out to unmarried women voters and persuade them to become politically involved.

Lake told reporters during a conference call yesterday that these voters tend to be untrusting of government and politicians, and when they cast their ballots, they “vote for change.”

FULL story at link.

[bluestateguy]

1. To listen to our politicians talk you'd think everyone was married with 2.1 kids

And that goes for politicians on both sides of the aisle.

[ikojo]

4. To listen to politicians and media you would think everyone

made a decent wage, owned a home in the suburbs, and no financial worries whatsoever.f i

[Demeter]

2. And Until There Are More Democratic Men, We Will Remain Unmarried

and it's not a choice, but a supply problem!

[MissWaverly]

3. yes, that's is true, true, true

[cpamomfromtexas]

5. So True! My biggest nightmare is to wake up and find a Republican in my bed!

[PurityOfEssence]

9. Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) on Republican men:

"Republicans make love like they make war: They lie to get in, and they don't know what to do when they get there."

[cpamomfromtexas]

10. HAHA-- Thank goodness I wouldn't know about that, never did it with a repub!

[heidler1]

6. Is this unmarried unregistered mostly men or women?

I suspect men of being more macho and pro war. If this is true it's good that they don't vote. Yeah, I know this don't help the quantity of suitable marriage material.

[snowbear]

7. Not according to the poll Bill Schneider (CNN) had on a couple days ago.. It's EVERYONE!

He said that Americans in general were leaning more Democratic ---- and first time registration by young voters was OVERWHELMINGLY Democratic.

In addition, there are far more Veterans jumping to the Democratic Party and ten times as many running for Democratic seats than R-seats.

There are also more Veterans in Congress who have served in uniform who are DEMOCRATS than there are r's.



Great site by the way! Fighting Dems: http://www.democrats.org/page/content/fightingdems/index/

And Macho? I'd put Jim Webb, Jon Tester, and Heath Schuler up against the weasles the righties have any day of the week

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(Typical Republican -- R-Maryland)

No.. it is not just unmarried people jumping ship to the Democratic Party or leaning left these days.

Not anymore.

Thanks to Mister Bush and his b.s. war ~ and thanks to the disgusting weasles the Republican Party have left in Congress, the future of the Democratic Party looks a hell of a lot brighter than that of the THUG Party!!

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[DeepModem Mom]

8. K&R