The Women’s Voices Women Vote Action Fund (WVWVAF) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501 (c)(4) organization founded in 2005 and dedicated to increasing the voting participation and issue advocacy of unmarried women. Unmarried women — single, separated, divorced or widowed — make up over 25 percent of all voting age Americans and are one of the fastest growing demographic groups in America. Unmarried wo
men, together with people of color, and young voters comprise the Rising American Electorate (RAE), the majority of the voting eligible voting population (53 percent) and the key to progressive success in 2012 and beyond. They could do it again in 2012 — if they show up to vote their progressive values in numbers that represent their growing demographic strength. Census Bureau expects the number of unmarried women to number close to 55 million. But unmarried women participate and vote less often than their married sisters. At the start of the 2012 election cycle, close to 40 percent of unmarried women — a key segment of the progressive base of support — were not registered to vote. Increasing the number of unmarried women and other progressives who register, turnout and participate in our democracy and our government is the primary goal of WVWVAF. To that end, the Action Fund uses innovative, research-driven voter education, get out the vote and advocacy programs, advertising and messaging to engage and provide unmarried women with access to the ballot and information that gives them a stake in the outcome of political debates and elections.
