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t 2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, July 18,1984 r f SMALL TALK By Donna Fairey U.S. Democratic candidate candidate Walter Mondale made history last week when he announced his running mate would be a woman. Should Mondale Mondale win his party's endorsement endorsement to battle Ronald Reagan at the polls - and should he win - New York Congresswoman, Congresswoman, Geraldine Ferraro, will become the country's first female vice president. In spite of the election election outcome she will, nonetheless, retain one distinction. She is the first woman in American American politics to be named to a v.p. running mate position. The Democratic party is already strong amongst female voters and Mondale, the would-be president, moved strategically to capitalize on this foundation. foundation. This recent scenario below the border is a clear illustration supporting supporting the concept of strength in numbers. However, it has never been the headcount which has held women back, rather a failure to employ the latent clout they have always possessed. possessed. Moreover, an upward direction for females is not restricted to the United States. It's happening happening right here at- home and the respect that's being paid no longer bears the hint of tokenism. This point was clearly struck when the Canadian Governor General's post was recently bestowed bestowed upon former federal federal Speaker of the House Jeanne Sauve. Also, more and more women at all levels of government are seeking seeking office and winning. Indeed, at present, the voting female population population in general is a particularly hot commodity. commodity. Since more than half the country's opulation is women 2 per cent), all three jor parties involved h the approaching ral election are itive to their sig- ance. federal research r released in May aling with women's political power is in heavy demand. With the political concerns of women wearing the highest profile ever, party planners are eager to digest and analyze the study's contents. contents. Areas of special female interest are being weighed and assessed assessed with a view to translating priority issues issues into converted votes. The tendency of men to outvote women almost almost disappeared in elections occurring after 1974. In the 1980 referendum, for example, example, only one per cent more men than women went to the polls. Finally, the research paper predicts that more women than men will vote in the September September federal election election and subsequent elections. It's important important to party planners to know also that six per cent more women than men voted Liberal and eight per cent more men than women voted Progressive Conservative. Conservative. Moreover, the paper revealed that 37 per cent more men compared compared to 25 per cent of women said the economy economy would be worse under a New Democratic Democratic government. Certainly how and what women are thinking thinking has become an integral integral influence affect ing politics and the country's direction. Likewise, it hasn't been a hurdle-free course which led women to this growing importance. importance. Along the way, barbs have been raised" on both sides. Set a dyed in the wool, bra-burning feminist against a male chauvinist and there's bound to be sparks. It's clear thinking women practising sensible af firmative action - not the underwear burners - who are responsible for raising the status of women. What has happened to the female role in the past two decades is the old story of the pendulum pendulum swinging erratically erratically from one extreme to the other. 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