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It’s not a hot button issue, but the U.S. crisis in caregiving, from children to aged parents, could strengthen the Democratic presumptive nominee’s appeal to independents and the millions of white voters caring for an older adult.
These three issues of particular concern to women are still up for consideration by Democratic voters in the June 7 primaries in California, New Jersey and four other states.
“For decades, unions have fought for livable wages, paid sick leave and other economic issues that benefit all workers, not just union members,” says the president of a nursing union. “Now these issues are front and center in the 2016 presidential campaign.”
The Vermont senator’s $15 federal minimum wage proposal could be a big issue for voters in today’s Democratic primaries who have seen their incomes decline. “The financial pressures on women have been tremendous,” says a researcher in Ohio.
National Nurses United was the principal national proponent of a single payer health plan during 2009 debates on health reform. Now the union is sending pro-Sanders volunteers into 11 states holding primaries and caucuses on March 1.
With the caucuses fast approaching on Feb. 20, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are focusing their campaigns on issues that impact families, health and communities of color.
Recent comments by Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright about Hillary Clinton vs. Bernie Sanders show a lack of confidence in younger feminists. Steinem’s infuriating transphobic comments have also been largely ignored.
With the Iowa caucus fast approaching on Feb. 1, eyes are turning to millennial women and whether the Democratic frontrunner can win the support of these younger voters, who are polling in favor of the insurgent Bernie Sanders.
Federal budget uproars spread into the states this week alongside the slew of actual tornadoes. Elizabeth Warren, champion of a consumer watchdog agency for Wall Street, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, took up stands on “The Daily Show.”