."What's up with the women (voters)!?". Interesting DKos diary by mugsimo debates why 22 million unmarried women who were registered to vote in 2000 did not do so. One observation in the thread is that Bush actually courts women (laughably "his W is for Women outreach), while Kerry has nothing, clearly taking this bloc for granted.

Mugismo: I'm a married female who decided to vote for [Kerry] on November 8, 2000, so I'm trying to understand why my sister females aren't voting and what I can do to change that. The reason I ask is that if just a fraction of those 22 million unmarried women were to vote, the odds are overwhelming that they would vote Democratic. According to the above-mentioned USA Today article, the "marriage gap" is +25 points in favor of Kerry among unmarried women. (Further proof to the radical right, no doubt, that the Democrats are selfish hedonists, but I digress...) They are 3.5 the number of NASCAR dads, double the number of soccer moms and larger than the Jewish and Latino blocs combined.

I recently saw a segment on CNN Headline News. It was late at night and I can't find a transcript or video of it anywhere. I believe I saw it on the second night of the GOP Convention, but I know it was Headline News. In any case, it was a segment done in NYC during the convention where a reporter took a group of undecided female voters to a sidewalk cafe for a "Sex and The City" moment to talk about why they aren't voting. The four women looked like they were all under the age of 35 and they were single. At least one of them had a kid in a stroller. Here's what I remember of the segment (I'm paraphrasing the quotes):

- One woman, a lawyer, said she wasn't "hearing what I want to hear from the candidates. They aren't addressing my issues."

- Another woman said that "it takes a lot of effort to really understand all the issues and where the candidates stand. That's just not what I want to do with my life right now."

- One of the women noted that she "didn't pay much attention before, but now hearing that I'm part of 22 million and it's such a close race, maybe I should."

That's a huge vote to ignore. How do you reach (and activate) these women?