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Comparison between Barack Obama and John McCain on Women’s Issues
Below is a comparison between the two top candidates on each issues affecting women in the 2008 Election. Since this website is mainly for moms and women I am presenting issues which affect us. This information is not intended to persuade you in either direction, rather I’d like to provide you the opportunity to make an informed decision. If you have any edits, feel something has been reported in error or if I have left out a key issue please comment or email me with a credible source for the correction or addition. (I haven’t included topics like economy or energy. While these topics are also important to women, covering every single topic is not the goal of this exercise.) Please see the sources of information page for a list of sources. Enjoy!
Click each link to see a Comparison between Obama and McCain:
Health Care
AIDS/HIV
Abortion/Choice
Adoption
Stem cell research and Human Embryos
Marriage
Child Care
Child Support
Family Leave Act
Child Education
Other Education
Unintended Pregnancy & Teen Pregnancy
Violence and Crimes against Women or Children
Pay Equality
Work
Women Owned Small Businesses
Women in Math and Science
Taxes
Women Veterans
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Update: I have emailed all candidates asking for their stance on each topic. I will add them should I get a response. The other candidates websites are:
Charles Baldwin: http://www.baldwin2008.com
Robert Barr: http://www.bobbarr2008.com/
Cynthia Ann McKinney: http://votetruth08.com/
Ralph Nader: http://www.votenader.org
Removed Approval Ratings until I can find an unbias source. I have a beta page going here.
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14 Comments
I have not yet begun to fight!JohnPaulJonesJohn Paul Jones
It’s a shame you didn’t include all the candidates running including members of other parties.
Anyway, I’ve not made a final decision on who I’m going to vote for but I know who I’m not voting for.
It makes me angry when women choose Palin because she is a woman.
Hi Melanie (An American in France) – I would love to add the viewpoints of the other candidates. Putting this together was a lot of work but I will email the other candidates in hopes they can provide direct responses. Stay tuned.
Not only is this informative and relevant to women’s concerns, you did a great job fairly presenting all sides of the issue. Keep it coming!
“It makes me angry when women choose Palin because she is a woman.”
I agree. I also think it’s sad when women choose Hillary Clinton just because she’s a woman. Women have brains and the ability to choose candidates based on their positions just like anyone else. That’s why I’m voting McCain/Palin.
This is great! I can’t wait to work my way through this post!
Thanks!
The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.FranklinP.JonesFranklin P. Jones
I’m voting for Barack. He lives with a progressive, free-thinking woman and he’s raising daughters he wants to have equal opportunity and pay.
Thank you for this information. I am pro-life and I am a Ron Paul supporter but since he’s pretty much not on the ballot I’m for McCain/Palin because Obama scares the crap out of me.
We should demand that the debates be open to all candidates on the ballot so we could compare and choose the candidate who will work for us and our children instead of the greedy corporations.
While there are other candidates on the ballot, they have no chance of winning. Giving us the highlights on the top 2 is what we need. Thanks for doing this.
I am going with McCain/Palin. I am a pro-life person. I also would prefer my taxes be lowered rather than raised b/c payroll taxes will be increased and the employers will have to pass that on to the working people. Enough comes out already! I also want a president that makes me feel safe – Obama certainly doesn’t do that for me.
Wow, how great is it to have this info organized in one place. If only this could be included on ballots for those undecided!
P.S. I’m an Obama supporter!
This was great! Thanks.
Not that I’m impressed a lot, but this is more than I expected for when I stumpled upon a link on Delicious telling that the info is quite decent. Thanks.
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