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    Older women voters may play a big role in the 2022 midterms, and they are not happy

    Mariel Padilla, The 19th
    June 10, 2022
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    Women 50 and older account for more than a quarter of all registered voters.

    Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

    Originally published by The 19th.

    Women voters over 50 are dissatisfied, particularly with the state of the economy, a recent AARP poll found. These women account for more than a quarter of all registered voters and, with a high voter turnout rate, they have also accounted for nearly a third of all ballots in recent elections. Yet, despite their influence, the vast majority are disgruntled with their elected leaders and have yet to decide who they will vote for in November.

    “Women over 50+ may not only be the decision makers in their households, they may also be the decision makers of the midterm elections,” Margie Omero, principal at GBAO, a public opinion research firm, said in a statement accompanying the poll results.

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    Of the 200 statues at the U.S. Capitol, 14 are of women; RBG and Sandra Day O’Connor will soon join the ranks

    Mariel Padilla, The 19th
    April 15, 2022
    Of the 200 statues at the U.S. Capitol, 14 are of women; RBG and Sandra Day O’Connor will soon join the ranks

    Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg pose for a portrait in the Capitol's Statuary Hall in 2001, surrounded by statues of men.

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    Originally published by The 19th.

    Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg — the first women to sit on the highest court in the country — are joining the relatively short list of women memorialized as sculptures at the U.S. Capitol. Bipartisan legislation to add statues of the two Supreme Court justices to the Capitol was spearheaded by women lawmakers, passed the Senate last December, passed the House at the end of March and signed by President Joe Biden on Wednesday.

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