The Power of the Purse
June 16th, 2008
Over the past several years, the Women’s Campaign Federation has been conducting an ongoing research project examining the financial contributions of women to political candidates and committees (or lack there of). They recently published the latest version of the study called, “Vote with Your Purse: Harnessing the Power of Women’s Political Giving for the 2008 Elections and Beyond.” What they found offers some revealing insights on the political donations of women, including:
• Though women make up over half of registered and active voters, women account for less than 30 percent of political contributions.
• Women are leaders in charitable giving but don’t associate political contributions with the social change of charitable contributions.
• Values that motivate women to give are: impact, inspiration, information, inclusion and interaction.
In the past year, articles in the New York Times and More Magazine have addressed the same issue. It seems that, though women are more likely to register to vote, vote, and volunteer on a campaign than a man – they are less likely to give money to a candidate or political committee.
My question to all of you is: Why is this? Why don’t more women make financial contributions to political candidates and committees and what would get them to change their minds?
Posted by April Green
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1. Patricia Navadomskis | August 25th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Women don’t have extra money .Men are in Charge because they have the big money. Men are still way ahead on pay,investments and Real Power.
They still decide what you get paid,the hours you work and how little vacation ,family time and benefits.
They can fire you at will—-
And not stand up for you in the workplace.
They expect you to change,change, change and learn every new technology item and be a life long, proactive problem solver ,multi tasker. All for low pay, declining benefits,no job security and Hostile work environments.
They do not learn the new stuff and they never seem to fear loosing their jobs. I am an Older women and I know that a lot of men HAVEN”T A CLUE AS TO WHAT IT TAKES and pay scales should reflect all the knowledge,skills and abilities it takes to have things run smoothly.
Complain and they fire everyone.
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