RADAR ALERT:
13.5% of Likely Voters Say "Fix VAWA Now!"

It's election season and politicians are looking for votes.

One way to convince politicians that the politics is on our side is to show them the votes they will get by supporting a given policy. RADAR has calculated that 13.5% of likely voters, or 16.5 million voters, think the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and the intrusive state-level domestic violence laws that flow from it are deeply flawed.¹ The tables at the bottom of that page² show how we calculated the numbers and the number and percentage of voters in each state.

People adversely affected by VAWA, and their family members, represent a cross section of the electorate and very often feel so strongly about what happened to them that any promise to fix VAWA would override all other issues, and could well be the factor that determines which candidate they vote for.

Please contact candidates from both parties.

1. Look up the numbers for your state at http://mediaradar.org/political_argument_for_fixing_vawa.php#calcs_state.
2. Show them your state's numbers. Explain that they will win votes if they make a commitment to fixing VAWA and intrusive state domestic violence laws to prevent their provisions from being misused against the innocent.
3. Explain to them that VAWA inspired domestic violence laws clog our courts with false claims of domestic violence, which prevents true victims from getting help.

Date of RADAR Release: September 16, 2008

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R.A.D.A.R. – Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting – is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of men and women working to improve the effectiveness of our nation's approach to solving domestic violence. http://mediaradar.org