Reply #12: But that's not the only criteria [View All]

[sandnsea]

To say particular groups are unaware of public issues because they don't know the name of a politician is to miss what they do know. Would a woman be unaware of child predator issues if she knew everything about various legislation except the name "Mark Foley"? How many people do you think knew he had anything to do with this legislation before his email scandal? I think the relevance in knowing names of politicians is that men wanted to know who could benefit them in business, which has absolutely nothing to do with public policy that women and minorities may know in detail but were never asked because it never occurred to power-broker type males in the first place.