Women and Politics
THE WOMEN'S
VOTE
THE ISSUE
Can women be adequately represented by a man? Can men be represented by a woman? If gender is irrelevant, why aren't there more women in political office? Women are already more likely to vote than men. Why don't women vote for women? Should we be working to get more men voting?
FACTS AND STATS:
QUOTES FROM THE SHOW:
"I want women to get excited about the
plurality that they are. Women are the
majority of voters in every state of the
United States. I want them to celebrate
that fact, but to celebrate it by doing,
by voting in '96." -- Irene Natividad,
Chair, The Women's Vote Project
"The voters are looking at the candidates; vice-a-versa, the candidates are also looking at the voters. And that's what's so good about the Women's Vote Project...there is a concerted effort to look at the issues that are of concern to women." -- Anita Perez Ferguson, National Women's Political Caucus
"Take a lesson from Marion Barry here, who basically won because of a ward that nobody ever targeted before...the poorest ward in Washington, D.C. And by God, he was the one candidate who went over there and courted those voters." -- Karen DeWitt, The New York Times
RESOURCES:
National Women's Political Caucus at (202)
785-1100.
Center for the American Woman and Politics. Eagleton Institute of Politics. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ 08901. (908) 828-2210.
