I was asked to REPOST this - so here it is:

Women now make up more than half of the electorate, but only 60
percent of this demographic voted in 2004’s presidential election.

There’s a story on MSNBC about Women Opting to Stay Home on Election Day.  The story has people saying the following for reasons women stay home:

Ramos, a mother of two and legal assistant, said she did not have time. And she's even busier this year.

“Women
are shouldering tremendous responsibility, all kinds of pressure,” said
Ruth Mandel, head of the Center for the American Woman and Politics and
Rutgers University Eagleton Institute, on why female turnout may not be
higher.
“It often comes down to the fact that they are busy,
trying to make ends meet, trying to work and also care for their
children,” said Garcia, who works in Denver.

Garcia said that
most low-income women she tries to register want candidates for public
office to talk more about family friendly workplace policies, paid sick
days and changes in welfare policy.

“They don’t hear these talked about enough,” she said.

“I generally feel like the candidates address issues that get them the most votes across the board,”

Some think one of the reasons millions of women don’t vote is because they can’t relate to candidates.

Sen. Hillary Clinton’s candidacy stirred enthusiasm among many female voters who felt they could relate to her.

I’m
sorry but once again they are giving Hillary credit when it’s not due
her.  Hillary Clinton got where she did mostly because of ‘who’ she
was, not ‘what’ she was.  

She is a wife, former first lady of a
former 'well like' President of U.S...  That’s it - Period.  Without
that benefit she would have most likely ended up like Geraldine Ferraro
and Carol Mosely-Braun; Just another woman trying to break the glass
ceiling.

To answer those of you saying that Barack Obama got the same benefit from being black - not in the beginning. 

African
Americans refused to vote for him for many reasons.  They didn’t think
he’d have a chance or he’d get killed if he tried or he’d be blamed for
America’s troubles that the Republicans started and they didn’t want
that for the first black president. 

Only after African Americans saw that whites and Latinos were supporting Obama – did they join up with him in droves.

Lastly
– what about men voters.  The report says only 60% of women voted in
2004.  What was the percentage of men that voted?  Why didn’t ‘they’
vote?