Women Voting

For my blog assignment this week I read an article on CNN.com This article was about how many women are pushing away from voting.  The article starts out very positive saying how women are taking up more and more positions of power in the government.  Over 262 women ran for a congressional seat this year, that is 40 more than there was in 1992. In a study done by CNN.com  that came to conclusions that only 23% of women are "enthusiatic" about voting compared to the 38% percent of men who are "enthusiastic" about voting.  It seems that even with all of the progress women have made with gaining higher positions throughout the government moral is still down.  The article goes into stating that the feeling of being let down much, and poeple not doing as they say they are going to has been part of the reason why voting enthusiasm is down among women.  Another reason why voting enthusiasm is down with women is because unemployment rates are going no where.  Now a days women account for 2/3 of a families incomes in order for their family to survive.  Women have to work so hard to do anything now a days, between working harder to have a fair chance of power within either its a large company trying to climb the ladder, or its just simply gaining ground in positions of power in the government.  Women are simply starting to lose hope over the face that they have so much on their plate and are not getting the respect they deserve.  I chose this articly because I remember talking about in class why people vote certain ways.  Such as demographics why certain areas vote a certain way or why they do not vote at all.  For this instance, this article seems to target many women that are most likely middle class hard working busy women who seem to be losing hope.  Therefore, with loss of hope they are voting less.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/25/wefald.gould.women.voting/index.html