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came in as the number one issue for registered voters in a new NBC News poll, at 21%, overtaking cost of living, crime, and abortion. Obviously, abortion has massively energized women, especially Democratic women, and also some Republican and Independent women, as the recent election victories show. It’s interesting to note that most of the people who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021 were white men. There are plenty of women who support the GOP positions and the former president too, of course.A school bus makes its way on the flooded Hopper Rd. on September 19, 2019 in Houston, Texas.
and other areas of the U.S. this week – they are taking their fear of climate change to the polls too.found that “six in 10 registered Democrats say the climate crisis will be a very important factor when they decide who to vote for in November, By contrast, global warming is near or at the bottom of congressional voting priorities among Republicans.” This study was done before the Inflation Reduction Act, with its $369 billion to address climate change, was passed.
Women do not take their right to vote – or any rights – for granted, so they are exercising that right in droves this year, with women voter registrations soaring.We’ll find out, but looks like women voters will certainly be speaking loud and clear when they vote.