Pro-Family Leader Touts Significance of the 'Married Mom' Vote
by Ed Thomas
November 6, 2006
(AgapePress) - - A spokesman for America's largest conservative women's public policy group says among the key determiners of political races across the U.S. will be the "married moms" contingent -- women voters looking to protect the interests of their children and families.Concerned Women for America's Dr. Janice Crouse believes this demographic group will once again play a pivotal role in voting results on November 7, just as they do each election cycle. And she believes it is vital that conservative candidates and political strategists pay attention to this often overlooked bloc.
"There is absolutely no question that married mothers -- I call them the M&Ms -- are the ones who are most conservative in the way they vote because they're very concerned about their children," Crouse observes. "We have tracked and have looked very closely at how women vote," she says, "and they are the ones who are driving the issues that are so important to conservative Christians."
By and large, the CWA spokeswoman asserts, single women and professional women are not as concerned as married mothers are about the social issues that will impact future generations. These single or career-oriented women voters "are not as concerned about the kind of world that children will grow up in as are the mothers of children," she contends.
"The fact that these women have children who will be living in the culture that is created by the policies that are on the ballot [makes those policies] extremely important to them," Crouse says. For them, she explains, economic concerns and other more personal considerations do not ultimately trump social issues affecting the cultural climate in which their children will grow up.
It is important for conservative married women to realize the importance of their presence at the polls, Crouse says, because of the power of the swing vote they wield. She encourages married moms to turn out in tomorrow's midterm elections and to understand how vital their voice is to conservative interests.
Ed Thomas, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.
