On Monday, Gloria Steinem, a political activist, sent out a mass email to New Yorkers urging them to vote for candidates like Governor Cuomo and others who are supported by the Working Families Party. The Working Families Party stands for more economic policies like raising wages, increasing taxes on the wealthy, and more rights for domestic workers. Althougth this party supports Cuomo, they do not seem to agree with his affliation with the Women's Equality Party which focuses more on sexuality and reproductive rights. They want voters to cast their ballot based on the Working Families line. Cuomo's campaign has shown the divide between womens movements who are concerned more about reproductive rights and those that focus on economic issues.
Although the Working Families Party and Women's Equality Party stand for different issues, they are both liberal groups who should support each other's goals instead of trying to make their issue more important the others.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/nyregion/a-gap-within-a-gender-in-new-york-politics.html
This article really shows the gender line concerning politics and candidates. As we discussed in class, women are more likely to support Democratic candidates than Republican candidates because of their liberal policies on economic and social reform.
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