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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hot take: women don't all vote alike. Married women tend to be more conservative, and younger or single/divorced women tend to be liberal. As a married woman with children, my interests are much more like a man's in that I'm primarily concerned with the economy, crime, national security, and education. Single women appear to be extremely focused on abortion, to the point that it eclipses all other concerns. I don't think it makes sense for politicians to court women as a monolithic voting block. [/quote]

You say not all women vote alike, which is true; but then you try to lump us into two bright line categories, which, btw, do not match the women I know. [/quote]

Agree.  The abortion issue is motivating older married women who are not interested in denying the rights, that they held, to their children.   [/quote]

Absolutely, all the politically active middle age women I know are very invested in the next generations having control over their own bodies. [/quote]

Respectfully, that is a reflection of the social network you have built, not a reflection of how a large portion of married women view things. I'm pro-choice, but not to the extent that is being pushed (eg, I am not in favor of total deregulation).  And, I have daily concerns like crime and education. It's really not fair to say that women should be reduced to one, reproductive issue while other demographics are seen as living full lives with multiple concerns. [/quote]

The right forced this issue into a crisis.  They have tried to manipulate voters with this issue for decades.   Women were protected by roe for almost 50 years until the right destroyed that.[/quote]

That's a perspective. But for many women, there are other very real issues in addition to abortion that are being ignored.  It's unrealistic and also unnecessary for women to be expected to ignore all their other needs for one issue that may not affect them. Women have complex lives with lots of needs and responsibilities, and for many, abortion isn't the only issue on the table, or the most urgent need. [/quote]

That is fine.  But many is not most and god willing, most is what will decide this in our democracy.  The evidence so far is that fighting back against the destruction of Roe is a powerful issue for a majority of voters out here at this point.  There is always a minority vote out here as well.[/quote]

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