a bit on single women voters

[JI7]

i think most of us already know this. what i found interesting was the part about single women ignoring mainstream media and therefore being harder to reach through tv ads. but another way to see this is that maybe that's WHY most single women vote Democratic. they aren't fooled by the crap the mainstream media spews as much as other groups.

of course personal experience plays a part in this also. what goes on in their own life conflicts with what the big media tells us. especially if you are worried about paying your bills on time and the media is whoring for Bush by repeating his lies that all is good.


http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/nation/13939496.htm?source=rss&channel=kansas_nation

[TayTay]

1. I think this is true.

My sister is single and her life is busy. She gets her news now, primarily, from the internet. And she has started to vote the straight Democratic ticket.

[whometense]

2. I had another thought on this.

Not sure how it fits into the media angle, but it strikes me that these women may be vulnerable, in that sneaky, permeating-the-subconscious way he uses, to the Rove message of "don't bother to vote...these politicians are all alike...none of them cares about you..."

I think the dems ought to be giving serious thought to ways that under-the-radar messaging could be used to benefit our candidates. It would be a lot harder - not to sound like a broken record - without the media megaphone at our disposal. But we do have a blog megaphone.

[JI7]

3. i notice most who say that tend to be conservative types

of course they usually claim to be independent. but there is a pattern from them. anytime a Democrat gets into trouble they personally attack them. but when it's republicans, they do the whole "all politicians do that" thing.

they can't defend it so they try to neutralize it. they know they wont be able to win over certain people so they try to convince them to stay out of the process entirely.

i view the South Park guys as one of these types.

[ProSense]

5. There are so many variables here

Whome describes one of these and there is the pattern you (J17) describe-- reminds me of Dowd. When they get to the all politicians are the same argument, I think about the "what has the Democratic Party done for me lately" argument some use to try to convince African Americans that neither party is of any use. Hogwash, of course. The facts then need to be stressed to this group, if they will listen. Still, the single women Democrats I know hate being told how to live, so that rules out the lockstep Republican Party.

[FreedomAngel82]

4. I hope you don't mind me posting in GD

I think it would be a great booster for people. :) Here a few days before the election (I'm in Tn on the sorta conservative side, we've had mixed mayors) one of the local news networks had a poll on their site on who you'd vote for and Kerry won by like 2-3%. I was surprised.