'Sleeping giant' awakened-for '06 election.On Nov. 7, a sleeping giant Sleeping Giant may refer to: In geology:
tr. & intr.v. a·wak·ened, a·wak·en·ing, a·wak·ens To awake; waken. See Usage Note at wake1. [Middle English awakenen, from Old English as almost 90 percent of the nation's 15.6 million women business owners Many online and offline organizations have been created to collect information about businesses around the world owned and operated by women. Many other organizations have been created to assist the women that own and operate those businesses. , from both parties, flocked to the polls to elect the candidates they believed best represent their voice. Individually, these women speak strongly as the leaders of businesses throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Together, they speak in the roar of one of the nation's strongest, but most overlooked, voting segments. Women entrepreneurs have a proven voting record that far exceeds many other popularized voting blocs of the past, including "Soccer Moms," "NASCAR Dads," Hispanic voters, and the newly defined suburban vote. They also are more likely to donate time and money to politics and stay abreast of the issues, especially those that affect their businesses, their 27.5 million employees and their families. In May 2006, Women Impacting Public Policy commissioned the 2006 "We Decide!" survey of 400 women business owners. While political pundits were debating whether immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. or Social Security would be the most important issues, these savvy entrepreneurs ranked the economy, the country's leadership and the Iraq War Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. as key electoral issues. Additionally, unlike other voting segments, women business owners are split among political parties--36 percent identify themselves as Democrats, 37 percent are Republican and 24 percent are independent--but they split their genetic Congressional vote. Over the past five years, WIPP WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant WIPP Women Impacting Public Policy WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Project WiPP Working in Partnership Programme (UK; NHS General Medical Services) WIPP Wireless Internet Protocol Partnership has worked to ensure that this sleeping giant of American voters are educated about the issues and remain engaged in the political process. This, combined with their phenomenally high voting rate, has made them a powerful force in this year's elections, which saw women elected to more political offices than ever before. Now as murmurs of the 2008 presidential race begins, WIPP and its members will be there, ready to once again speak in a voice that grows stronger every year--that of the woman business owner. On Nov. 3, 2008, we will once again be at the polls, more so than any other voter bloc, to help elect candidates supportive of growing women-owned businesses. Barbara Kasoff is president and co-founder of Women Impacting Public Policy, a national bipartisan public policy organization that advocates for women in business. |
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