Unmarried Women Voters

"Unmarried women made up a quarter of the electorate in 2012 and gave two-thirds of their votes to President Obama," writes Democracy Corps, a literal organization founded by political consultant James Carville and pollster Stan Greenberg.

But unmarried women are not happy right now, and liberals are worried.

When we asked last March whether the national political debates were addressing the issues most important to them, 60 percent of unmarried women said, “no,” and did so with real intensity. As we learned in 2010, these voters are critical to Democrats’ fortunes, but they are unlikely to vote, and less likely to give Democrats big margins, if Democrats are not laser focused on the issues that matter most to them.

So Democracy Corps (DC) joined with Women's Voices Women Vote Action Fund to identify a women's economic agenda (below) that they hope liberals can use to get unmarried women energized this fall.

Perhaps we're mistaken, but this looks like the same old liberal agenda to us. (Cue the violins...)

Women succeed with pay equity and equal health insurance:
Help women succeed by passing legislation to make sure women
get equal pay for equal work and make sure insurance
companies no longer charge women more than men.

Help working mothers by protecting jobs, paid leave and
childcare: Finally recognize that working mothers need help by
protecting pregnant workers and new mothers from being fired
or demoted, making sure they have paid sick days to care for
their children and access to affordable childcare.

Raise wages for working women with equal pay and increased
minimum wage: Raise wages for working women by passing
paycheck fairness legislation and raising the minimum wage to
$10.10 an hour and increase it with inflation.

Help with higher pay by increased minimum wage, scholarships
and affordable college: Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 and
expand access to scholarships and get school costs down so
working women can continue their education and train for
better jobs with higher wages.

Help to be good parent and worker with child care, paid leave
and sick days: Ensure that you can be a good parent and good
employee by expanding access to high-quality affordable
childcare by ensuring people have paid leave to care for a new
child or to recover from a serious illness