Briefing Resource List

The Gender of Politics:How (and How Much) Will Women Influence Election 2000?Tuesday, April 18, 2000Briefing ParticipantsOther ResourcesAnalysts and ResearchersPollstersWomen’s Political OrganizationsVoter Education/InformationAdditional Voter Education WebsitesNational Political PartiesPolitical Analysts/StrategistsEmerging Issues in Reproductive Health, Program Contacts

Briefing Participants

Mollyann Brodie, PhD, Vice President and Director of Public Opinion and Media ResearchTina Hoff, Director, Public Health Information and CommunicationsHenry J. Kaiser Family Foundation2400 Sand Hill RoadMenlo Park, CA 94025Press contact: Amy WeitzTel. 650.854.9400Fax. 650.854.7465E-mail: aweitz@kff.orgWebsite: www.kff.org

Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, JDCEO and President The Polling Company1220 Connecticut Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20036 Press contact: Maria RauchTel. 202.667.6557Fax. 202.467.6551E-mail: info@pollingcompany.com

Anna Greenberg, PhDAssistant Professor of Public PolicyJohn F. Kennedy School of GovernmentHarvard University79 JFK StreetCambridge, MA 02138Tel. 617.495.8343Fax. 617.495.8696E-mail: anna_greenberg@harvard.edu

Timothy F. MooneyVice President, Political AffairsVoter.com400 N. Capitol Street, NW, Suite G-100Washington, DC 20001Press contact: Keith AppellTel. 703.683.5004, ext.112Fax. 703.683.1703E-mail: keith@crc4pr.comWebsite: www.voter.com

Sheila O’ConnellPolitical DirectorEMILY’s List805 15^th Street, NW, Suite 400Washington, DC 20005Press contact: Elizabeth PineTel. 202.326.1400Fax. 202.326.1415E-mail: epine@emilyslist.org Website: www.emilyslist.org

Other Resources

Analysts and Researchers

Karlyn Bowman, PhDResident FellowAmerican Enterprise Institute1150 17^th Street, NWWashington, DC 20036Press contact: Danielle MaxwellTel. 202.862.5873Fax. 202.862.7177E-mail: dmaxwell@aei.org

Susan Carroll, PhDSenior Research AssociateCenter for American Women and PoliticsEagleton Institute of PoliticsRutgers University191 Ryders LaneNew Brunswick, NJ 08901Press contact: Gilda MoralesTel. 732.932.9384, ext.264Fax. 732.932.6778E-mail: cawp@rci.rutgers.edu

Andrew KohutDirectorThe Pew Research Center for the People and the Press1150 18^th Street, NW, Suite 975Washington, DC 20036Tel. 202.293.3126Fax. 202.293.2569E-mail: mailprc@aol.comWebsite:

www.people-press.org

Alina Salganicoff, PhD Director for Women’s Health Policy & Associate Director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid & the UninsuredZoe Beckerman, MPH Policy Analyst, Women’s Health PolicyKaiser Family Foundation1450 G Street, NW, Suite 250Washington, DC 20005Tel. 202.347.5270Fax. 202.347.5274E-mail: asalganicoff@kff.org

Pollsters

Linda DiVall (Republican)American Viewpoint300 N. Lee Street, Suite 400Alexandria, VA 22314Press contact: Marsha DouglasTel. 703.684.3325Fax. 703.684.9295

Ed Goeas (Republican)President and CEOThe Tarrance Group201 North Union Street, Suite 410Alexandria, VA 22314Tel. 703.684.6688Fax. 703.836.8256

Celinda Lake (Democrat)Lake Snell Perry Research1726 M Street, NW, Suite 500Washington, DC 20036Press contact: Joann BladuellTel. 202.776.9066Fax. 202.776.9074E-mail: jbladuell@lspa.com

Women’s Political Organizations

Roselyn O’ConnellPresidentNational Women’s Political Caucus1630 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 201Washington, DC 20009Press contact: Beth KanterTel. 202.785.1100Fax. 202.785.3605E-mail: polnwpc@aol.com

Terese Coling and Ruth Powers, Co-ChairsThe Women’s Campaign Fund734 15^th Street, NW, Suite 500Washington, DC 20005Press contact: Erica HenriTel. 202.393.8164Fax. 202.393.0649E-mail: erica@wcfonline.org

Karen RayeExecutive DirectorThe WISH List3205 N Street, NWWashington, DC 20007Press contact: Debbie SlineTel. 202.342.9111Fax. 202.342.9190E-mail: wishpac@aol.com

Voter Education/Information

Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, PhDPresidentLeague of Women Voters1730 M Street, NW, Suite 1000Washington, DC 20036-4508Press contact: Paul BoertleinTel. 202.429.1965Fax. 202.429.0854E-mail: pboertlein@lwv.orgWebsite: www.leagueofwomenvoters.org

Richard KimballExecutive DirectorProject Vote SmartOne Common GroundPhilipsburg, MT 59858Press contact: Adelaide ElmTel. 406.859.8683Fax. 406.859.8680E-mail: aelm@vote-smart.orgWebsite: www.vote-smart.orgReporters’ Resource CenterTel. 406.859.8690

Deborah Wadsworth, MAExecutive DirectorPublic Agenda6 E. 39^th StreetNew York, NY 10016Press contact: Matthew SchuermanTel. 212.686.6610, ext.40Fax. 212.889.3461E-mail: mschuerman@publicagenda.orgWebsite: www.publicagenda.orgMarie Wilson, MAPresidentThe White House Project110 Wall Street, 2^nd FloorPress contact: James DevittTel. 212.785.6001, ext.13Fax. 212.785.6007E-mail: jdevitt@thewhitehouseproject.orgWebsite: www.thewhitehouseproject.org

Additional Voter Education Websites

The Democracy Networkwww.dnet.orgA non-profit, non-partisan project of the League of Women Voters Education Fund and the Center for Governmental Studies, this site enables users to compare candidates by issue and e-mail questions to candidates.

iVillagewww.iVillage.comThis site organized by and for women offers on-line voter registration as well as polling results and information on a range of issues.

National Political Parties

Jenny BackusPress SecretaryDemocratic National Committee430 S. Capitol Street, SEWashington, DC 20003Tel. 202.863.8033Fax. 202.863.7194Website: www.democrats.org

Mike CollinsPress SecretaryRepublican National Committee310 First Street, SEWashington, DC 20003Tel. 202.863.8550Fax. 202.863.8773Website: www.rnc.org

Political Analysts/Strategists

Ann Lewis (Democrat)Counselor to the PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania AvenueWashington, DC 20500-0004Tel. 202.456.2644

Tanya Melich (Republican)Political Issues Management136 East 57^th Street, Suite 1305New York, NY 10022Tel. 212.759.9155

Emerging Issues in Reproductive Health, Program Contacts:

Tina Hoff, Director, Public Health Information and CommunicationsKristin Leo, Program CoordinatorAmy Weitz, Communications OfficerKaiser Family Foundation2400 Sand Hill RoadMenlo Park, CA 94025Tel. 650.854.9400Fax. 650.854.7465

Susan Lamontagne, Managing PartnerAndrea Miller, Managing PartnerMedia Strategies, Inc.611 Broadway, Suite 206New York, NY 10012Tel. 212.260.1520Fax. 212.260.9058

This report, Medicaid Enrollment in 21 States: June 1997 -June 1999, prepared by Health Management Associates, includes enrollment data obtained directly from state Medicaid and CHIP programs. Findings show that across the 21 states, which represent 73% of total Medicaid enrollment, enrollment fell from 23.2 million in June 1997 to 22.6 million in June 1998, but turned upward in June 1999 to 22.9 million. State-by-state data is included for: Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Ilinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin.

Health Coverage and Access: Policy Issues For Women

This chartpack provides briefing materials that review the key health coverage and access concerns facing American women. Issues that are addressed include women’s role in the health system, insurance coverage and access to care, managed care, contraceptive coverage, Medicare reform, and assistance with long-term care.

• Chart Pack

The Kaiser Family Foundation announced that it will create television and radio public service announcements (PSAs) aimed at connecting disadvantaged youth with technology resources and training. The PSAs, along with a coordinated effort to develop a national database of youth-oriented community technology centers, were announced at an East Palo Alto event on April 17th hosted by President Clinton.

• News Release: New
• Fact Sheet

New data prepared for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released April 12 find recent Medicaid enrollment increases in more than half of the 21 states surveyed. A companion report describes survey results on ways states are trying to simplify the enrollment process.

• Report
• News Release: New Medicaid Data from 21 States Finds Recent Enrollment Increases in 12 States

Public health agencies and managed care organizations share responsibility for the health of the populations they serve. Their relationships are particularly important in the area of STDs. This study analyzes the evolving relationships between managed care organizations and public health agencies in how they manage the prevention, treatment, and tracking of STDs.

• Report

Campaign 1992 was dubbed “The Year of the Woman” because more female candidates ran that year than any other in U.S. history. In 1996, “Soccer Moms” grabbed headlines as the group that candidates needed to win. What role will women have in 2000? How will Election 2000 be remembered? Who is the “woman voter?” What issues does “she” care about? How will women affect the 2000 campaign?

A panel of experts, including Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, President, The Polling Company, Anna Greenberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Kelli M. Conlin, Executive Director, New York State affiliate of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, Timothy F. Mooney, Vice President, Political Affairs, Voter.com, and Mollyann Brodie, Ph.D., Vice President and Director for Public Opinion & Media Research, Kaiser Family Foundation, discussed Election 2000 predictions, “women’s issues,” and how women can become “informed” voters at an Emerging Issues in Reproductive Health Briefing on April 18, 2000.

Briefing Resources:

• Agenda
• Briefing Resource List
• Online Resource List
• Speaker Biographies
• Health Issues Guide
• Public Opinion Update
• Women’s Health Policy Charts

Online ResourcesKaiser Family Foundation Election 2000 ResourcesElection SitesMedia Organizations’ Election SitesPolitical ResourcesPolitical Organization SitesWomen and the 2000 ElectionWebsites for WomenStatistics and PollsAdditional Resources

Kaiser Family Foundation Election 2000 Resources

League of Women Voters – Join the Debate: Your Guide to Health Issues in the 2000 Election (PDF Format)

National Survey on Health Care and the 2000 Elections

The Public, Managed Care, and Consumer Protection (PDF Format)

Election Sites

Federal Election Commission Freedom Channel: video views of candidates Voter.com: informational database on elections

Media Organizations’ Election Sites

ABC NewsCBS NewsCNNC-SPAN Fox NewsMSNBCNational Public RadioNew York Times NewsweekRock the Vote: MTV sponsored site for votersTimeUS News & World ReportUSA TodayWashington Post

Political Resources

Almanac of American Politics 2000

Center for American Women and Politics: women and the 2000 electionCenter for American Women and Politics: women in politics

Democracy Net: an interactive site that provides voter information

Vote-Smart: a national library of political information

Women Vote: directory of political resources for women

Women Vote: a voting guide

Political Organization Sites

Democratic National CommitteeLeague of Women Voters National Federation of Republican Women National Foundation for Women Legislators National Political Coalition of Black Women Reform PartyRepublican National Committee

Women and the 2000 Election

Oxygen Election 2000 Shewire Election 2000Women Candidates 2000 Women.com Election 2000

Statistics and Polls

ABC News CNNThe Gallup Organization Newsweek The Pew Research Center The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research TimeWashington PostWomen.com

Websites for Women

ivillage.com: a network for women Oxygen: a site dedicated to womenWomen Online Worldwide Women.com: connecting women in business

Additional Resources

“Gender Dynamics in Congressional Elections” by Richard Logan Fox

“The Gender Wild Card” by Jon Ann Steinmetz

History of the American Suffrage Movement with selections from the National American Women Suffrage Association Collection 1848 – 1921

“Surveying Women Voters” – An interview with Emily’s List president, Ellen Malcolm

“Unfair Campaign Coverage of Women?” by Marie C Wilson, President; Barbara Wasserman, Executive Director, The White House Project

“Women and Campaign Contributions” a study by Oxygen.com

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is not responsible for the content of the individualsites listed herein.

Kaiser Public Opinion Update, April 2000

summarizes key findings from past surveys on the uninsured conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health and a new survey conducted by the Foundation in conjunction with The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. The surveys show that the public is concerned about the problem of the uninsured, but that solutions remain elusive because of the lack of public consensus on the best approach and the lack of willingness to pay for solutions.

• Public Opinion Update

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

MOLLYANN BRODIE, PH.D.

Mollyann Brodie is Vice President, Director of Public Opinion and Media Research at the Kaiser Family Foundation. She directs a variety of public knowledge and survey-related projects. Prior to joining the Foundation, Dr. Brodie was a Health Policy Fellow and Assistant Director of the Program on Public Opinion and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, where she co-edited Volume IV of the series on The Future of American Health Care. Her research efforts focus on public opinion and knowledge and the roleof political institutions in health policy. She has recently been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Health Affairs, and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.

Dr. Brodie received her Ph.D. in Health Policy from Harvard University, holds a Master of Science degree in Health Policy and Management from Harvard’s School of Public Health, and a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Previously, Dr. Brodie worked as a health policy analyst for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Office of Evaluation and Inspection, and performed research at the RAND Corporation.

KELLYANNE FITZPATRICK, J.D.

Kellyanne Fitzpatrick is CEO and President of the polling company

,a political consulting and public affairs research firm founded in 1995, with offices in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, California.The polling company

specializes in quantitative and qualitative research and analysis, and provides strategic counsel for political, corporate and public affairs clients. During her 12-year polling career, she has advised clients in nearly all 50 states, including Jack Kemp, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) and former Vice President Dan Quayle. She has directed hundreds of demographic and attitudinal survey projects for statewide and congressional political races, trade associations, and Fortune 100 companies, measuring voter attitudes, client satisfaction, and consumer opinions.

Ms. Fitzpatrick began her polling career as Political Research Assistant at The Wirthlin Group, pollster to President Ronald Reagan. Prior to forming the polling company

, she was Corporate Counsel and Senior Account Executive at The Luntz Research Companies, a firm known for its work on the Republican Contract With America. Ms. Fitzpatrick is a magna cum laude graduate of Trinity College in Washington, D.C., where she earned a B.A. in political science, studied at Oxford University, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1992, Ms. Fitzpatrick was awarded a law degree with honors from the George Washington University Law Center, and for four years taught there as Adjunct Professor of Legal Research and Oral Advocacy.

ANNA GREENBERG, PH.D.

Anna Greenberg, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Dr. Greenberg is also Director of Opinion Research for interSurvey, a Web-based survey research firm based in Menlo Park, California. Working with interSurvey, she is the director of polling for the women’s electorate project for iVillage.com, a women’s internet network. Additionally, Dr. Greenberg is a visiting scholar at the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, located in Washington, D.C., where she is working on a project on gender and politics.

Dr. Greenberg received her B.A., cum laude, from Cornell University, Department of Government, and her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, Department of Political Science. She is currently working on a book called Divine Inspiration: Faith, Congregations and American Politics.

TINA HOFF

Tina Hoff is Director of Public Health Information and Communication for the Media and Public Education Program at the Kaiser Family Foundation. She oversees the release of Foundation-commissioned research and several communications-related programs, including an ongoing media briefing series on reproductive health issues and the Talking with Kids campaign. She is involved with many of the Foundation’s special partnerships focusing on public education, including several joint collaborations with leading women’s and teen magazines and other media, including Glamour, Seventeen, YM, Family Circle, Essence, Latina, and the Los Angeles Times. At the Foundation, Ms. Hoff also has worked on several studies of media coverage of health and reproductive health issues, including content analyses of the sexual and reproductive health coverage in women’s, men’s, teen, and other specialty magazines; a 10-year study of news coverage of HIV/AIDS; the sexual content on television’s family hour; and the sexual content on television soap operas and talk shows. Ms. Hoff joined the Foundation in 1994.

Previously, Ms. Hoff worked for a Washington, D.C.-based public affairs firm, The Widmeyer-Baker Group, representing primarily non-profit organizations focused on health care and women’s and children’s issues. She received a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia.

TIMOTHY F. MOONEY

Timothy F. Mooney serves as Vice President of Political Affairs of Voter.com. He is a national political consultant who has worked in 200 electoral campaigns in 37 states. He is a former political director for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s largest and top-ranked business organization. Mr. Mooney was a founding partner of the Southwest Policy Group, a political consulting firm specializing in ballot initiative and referendum campaigns and grassroots lobbying. He was educated at Pepperdine University and at Harvard University.

KELLI M. CONLIN

Kelli Conlin has served as the Executive Director of the New York Stateaffiliate of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League fornine years. During her tenure, Ms. Conlin has become one of the mostinfluential political voices in the state. NARAL/New York is widely viewed asa powerful political organization, both electorally and legislatively. Ms. Conlinhas also developed critically important programs to address teh lack of accessto reproductive health access in underserved areas, through the organization’sInstitute for Reproductive Health Access.

Ms. Conlin holds a Master of Science in Journalism from NorthwesternUniversity, and a Bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary’s College of Notre Dame,Indiana. Before Joining the staff of NARAL/New York, she worked as aneditor for Outside Magazine, served as President of NOW in New York City,and was Director of Public Information at the New York City CampaignFinance Board.