Our Research

Women's Voices. Women Vote. Action Fund provides cutting edge research to guide our own and other organization's programs. The research conducted by Women's Voices. Women Vote Action Fund is available for download by clicking on the links below.

WVWV AF conducted focus groups in Colorado about the election, the candidates, their views on McCain, Obama, Biden and Palin. FULL REPORT


Key Difference Emerge from Focus Groups

To view a summary of the focus groups and an oversample, click here [PDF]
Assessing the Impact of Sarah Palin on the Women's Vote: Unmarried women have unanswered questions. Read More
To view the frequency questionnaire of the oversample, click here[PDF]
To view a summary of the focus groups and oversample, click here[PDF]


Unmarried Women By The Numbers reinforces the concept that it is impossible to understand the women's vote without examining the impact of marital status and differences in political outcomes between married and unmarried women, the marriage gap. FULL REPORT


Engaging Unmarried Women II identifies the economy as the key issue to engage women on their own. FULL REPORT


Engaging Unmarried Women reveals unmarried women support progressive candidates, yet they have been insufficiently courted by the candidates. FULL REPORT


Understanding the Women's Vote identifies the Marriage Gap as decisive in political decision-making among women. FULL REPORT


Analysis conducted by Women's Voices. Women Vote Action Fund and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research underscores the importance of marital status among young voters. FULL REPORT


Women Voters and Presidential Politics, a poll of unmarried women in battleground states showed unmarried women moving to Obama in the post-primary period and anchoring his support among women overall. FULL REPORT


Examination of exit surveys found unmarried women overwhelming turnout was disproportionately high on Super Tuesday. FULL REPORT To view a slideshow presentation of the report, click here.


Profile of young unmarried women, and their potential impact on the 2008 elections. FULL REPORT


Analysis conducted by Women's Voices. Women Vote Action Fund and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research underscores the importance of marital status. The report shows how the marriage gap cuts across voting blocs and transcends other demographic attributes. FULL REPORT


Single women were the driving force for change on Election Day 2006. In fact, exit polls show that the marriage gap was the determining factor in the change that will be taking place on Capitol Hill.


Description of our 2006 programs and research. FULL REPORT


Summary of our 2006 research conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research on the mood of women on their own and how to motivate them to participate in the democratic process. FULL REPORT


WVWV AF poll conducted by Lake Research Partners shows that ballot initiatives are especially motivating to single women. Click here to see the Power Point summary of the poll. Click here for results from Michigan and Missouri and click here for results from Ohio and Washington.


In August 2006, WVWV AF conducted a Conference Call to discuss results of our recent research. Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation, and click here to view a memo of the Focus Group and Web Survey results discussed during the call.


Regression analysis on Hispanic voting patterns. FULL REPORT


Data from a Democracy Corps nationwide survey of 984 Hispanics conducted May 18-June 4, 2006. FULL REPORT


The Pew Hispanic Center/Kaiser Family Foundation 2004 National Survey of Latinos: Politics and Civic Engagement was conducted by telephone between April 21 and June 9, 2004 among a nationally representative sample of 2,288 Latino adults, 18 years and older, who were selected at random. FULL REPORT


Women on Their Own: Agents of Change Presentation. FULL REPORT


Women on Their Own in Unmarried America Presentation. FULL REPORT

WVWV News
The Lasting Lesson from Election '08: Deliver on the Hopes for Change That Led Unmarried Women to the Polls
12 Nov 08 | 13:17

More than a week after a historic election, political analysts still are sifting through the results, trying to figure out how different segments of society voted, why they cast their ballots as they did, and what their political preferences and patterns of participation mean for the future.

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Post-Election Poll: Progressive Majority Provides Mandate for Bold Change
07 Nov 08 | 17:14

WASHINGTON, Nov 07, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/—Voters Seeking Bold Changes in the Economy, Iraq, Energy and Health Care

The 2008 elections saw the consolidation of a progressive majority providing a clear mandate for bold change, according to an extensive post-election poll released today by the Campaign for America’s Future and Democracy Corps. The poll shows that President-elect Obama and the new Democratic majorities in Congress have broad support for bringing the Iraq war to an end, revitalizing the economy and moving on health care and energy.

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Unmarried women put Obama over the top
06 Nov 08 | 16:22

"Soccer moms" – suburban married women with young children – have drawn the attention of campaign strategists over the past decade, but an exit poll of voters showed single women were a decisive factor in Barack Obama's historic victory.

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At 1.5 million-plus, Iowa voter turnout tops '04
05 Nov 08 | 18:53

Iowa Secretary of State Michael Mauro, a Democrat who also is state election commissioner, said Wednesday the number of Iowans voting early or traditionally on Election Day topped 1,524,000 — a total that eclipsed the 2004 record of 1,521,966 and likely will go higher when counts of absentee and provisional ballots are finalized.

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