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Jody
Yang Chen
SandyHello I'm Jody and welcome to American Cafe.  Hey Yang Chen, you seem pretty deep in thought today.
You know, I think the answer is that politics plays a part in almost every aspect of our lives.
And if I remember correctly - you really like politics.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.  You love politics!
Of course I've thought about.  We've never had a female president.  Remember the woman we met recently, Sandy Hansen?  She's very passionate about encouraging women to enter politics.  
Here's Sandy.
Well, women got the right to vote in 1919.  It was voted in August 26 and then we actually voted for the first time in November 1920.  So, there was a year before the next presidential election.
It was not easy.  It took until 1920.  And it took a lot of time, blood, sweat and tears of many amazing women for women to finally get the right to vote.  Voting is absolutely the cornerstone of our democracy.  But you know what, many people still don't vote.
I don't get it either.  What I mean is, I don't understand.  You know, actually, I do understand a little.  I think one reason people don't vote is apathy.  Spelled with a big old A-P-A-T-H-Y
Besides voter apathy, Sandy has another reason why only about 50 percent of women in the U.S. vote these days.
They say that only 50 percent of women vote right now.  And I think that the reason is, is because all we have are male candidates.  And we feel that are not speaking to us on a lot of different issues.  So I think we need a lot more women out there running for office.