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Pocketbook Moms
As head of the first and largest community of 18 million women online, I'm in the unique position of having immense insight into women's passions and priorities, and, these days, the ability to gain knowledge about how they'll be voting as well. And what I know is that women will not be voting with their hearts this year, and not with their heads either. Time and again, in every poll, conversation and message board posting, we find that women in 2008 will be voting with their pocketbooks.
It's an unprecedented time in US presidential election history. Never before has a female candidate for president gotten as far in the process as Hillary Clinton has. Quite an achievement -- for Hillary and for women everywhere. But far from Hillary having been assured the Democratic women's vote, a charismatic, forceful opponent has made this race one of the most taut and exciting in memory.
In 2000, the constituency for candidates to reach was the Soccer Moms. In 2004, reflecting the events of the recent past, attentions turned to the Security Moms. In 2008, with household expenses going up while home values go down, voters are most concerned with balancing family finances, saving for the future and keeping family healthcare costs in check. These voters have kids and mom-mobiles that eat gas like it's a plateful of mac' and cheese. They are voters that are looking to November for a leader that will help them alleviate the financial squeeze they're feeling. At iVillage, we call this the Pocketbook Phenomenon, and for the candidate that really reaches the Pocketbook Moms and hears their concerns, they will make all the difference in this election by checking their box with their checkbooks weighing heavily on their minds.
As the campaigns evolve, the Pocketbook Moms' (and Dads') votes are evolving too. Over the past few months, we have conducted a series of polls with GFK Roper to find out more about how the country might vote. These polls have told us that the majority of Americans know who they will vote for. 65% now know for sure or have a pretty good idea who they want to lead, which is a significant increase from a similar poll taken in January - 42% knew at that time. Those saying they know "exactly" who they will vote for has doubled (35%, up from 16% in January). Thus, these decisions are being made NOW -- among the backdrop of a falling economy and a lack of consumer confidence.
We also know that these votes are not being influenced by one candidate's race and the other's gender. One member of the iVillage community writes:
"... I have no intention of voting black (Obama) or female (Clinton) just because the time is right or one has the best chance to win over the other..."
My message to Clinton, McCain and Obama: Carpe Diem. The time is now for the candidates to show us how they're really going to make things better.
I also know -- both from my vantage point at iVillage and from personal experience -- that women are stressed, and with good reason. A few weeks back, we posted an Index Poll on the iVillage.com home page about home buying. A full third of women responded that they would not be able to buy a home this year -- despite the lowering prices. Some Pocketbook Moms just can't put down a significant deposit or qualify for a quality mortgage -- both of what's needed to achieve home ownership in this market.
The Pocketbook Moms may have a flashy title, but in reality, this group is about anything but status. It's not about paying the bill for a luxe new handbag. It's about paying the bills. PERIOD.
This consistent, unified, very loud female voice focused on financial wellbeing is front and center of the race. For our nation, this is the power of community on steroids -- a legion of women who will combine to make the country's most important decision. Let's listen to them.
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Hi, this is my first time to comment on the show. I have become a loyal fan.
My vote goes to Roger. I admire all the contestants. They have really worked hard. Each of us loses weight differently. I lost 30 lbs a while back, and it is tough keeping it off!! Thank goodness warmer weather is here, and I will be more motivated to go outside and do stuff.
I wish them all well, but I admit I would like to see Kelly win. She has really stayed in there. The competitiions she has finished lately were great.
One more item. I just loved the make-overs 
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Roger is such a great guy and I am tired of CRY BABY MARK so please vote for Roger.
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In plain language from the heart of the Illinois prairie . . .
To every woman and to the men who struggle to understand them.
Before anything, before political party, race, religion, age, education and sexual preference, American, immigrant or alien,
You are woman.
And, I'll vote for a woman for myself and . . .
for my grandmother, never permitted to drive, who eked her every penny selling chicken eggs,
and my daughter who lost her home and her self-esteem,
and my mother, who was strong-willed and spoke her mind, even to church elders,
for battered women, for every child abused,
for every deserving woman denied fair consideration and promotion,
in spite of women who slept to position power and for those who did not,
for those still waiting for equal pay and opportunity,
for every woman who put her husband through college instead of herself,
for every woman who has given up her pet or her passion or her persona,
for every woman in the world today and throughout history who have given dignity and pride to our gender,
for Thatcher, Bhutto, Tubman, Patsy T. Mink, Juliette Gordon Low, Curie, Friedan, Georgia O'Keefe, Joan of Arc, suffragettes, Helen Reddy, Oprah, Sandra Day O'Connor, Bella Azbug and Princess Diana, Helen Thomas, Christa McAuliffe,
for those women of old Salem, those hidden in burkas, wrapped in saris and invisible chains and silent scars,
for those barrened in the back alleys,
for every woman who thinks she can and does and for every one who does not,
for every woman whether she's vegan, a vegetarian, vestal, a twinkie junkie, tomboy or gold digger,
for every subjugated woman in the world, who cannot vote, endures castration, suffers AIDS and sexual harassment,
because there are women who cannot liberate their minds or bodies and believe that men
are genetically and annointed by God to be superior,
and in spite of women who think liberated means being like a man and their shameless nakedness and verbal vulgarity is a virtue and their 'right,'
for every woman who has stood for her convictions and every one who cannot,
in disappointment where EEO and Title IX have failed,
even as the negating vote of every man who will never vote for a woman or of every woman who is waiting for the 'right' woman to run,
for women of the world who will never experience what I have in this country,
In ten or twenty or a hundred years, you and I will be forgotten, replaced, the world will still be turning and it will only matter that the world is somewhat better for what we did and the choices we made.
Look past prophecy and politicizing from pundits, pulpits, priests, preachers and teachers, pastors and parents, the press, and your partner and peers.
Think past today and your personal preferences and prejudice. Make up your own mind, think for yourself, think for your gender.
If you really think that men do a better job than women, then vote for a man. If you think that a man will ALWAYS do a better job for women than a woman can, stop reading.
You see, the 'ideal' woman candidate doesn't and never will exist nor does the 'ideal' male candidate.
Look around. Women do for each other, what no man has or can. They raise them, support them, comfort them, enlighten and lift them up and free them, cradle to grave. It has very little to do with politics, race, education or anything else.
So imperfect as we all are, vote because you can. Put on your own critical thinking cap, dust off your reading skills, look for the truth you think you need to know about the candidates. Then, imperfect as we all are, VOTE because you can.
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