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Nearly 66% of women voted in the 2008 election, compared with 61.5% of men. As a woman in this tumultuous political climate, that’s a relief for me (and my uterus) as we head into the 2012 election. But if you’re in one of these demographic minorities for voter turnout (specifically in those economic ones), you…

Rebecca Eisenberg

Aug 28, 2012

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