Can Dog Owners Sway Local Elections? My Dog Votes™ Launches Nationwide Survey Of Dog Owners To Measure Voter Participation And Political Opinion
My Dog Votes™, the world’s only company with a corporate mission of engaging dog owners and democracy, announced the launch a groundbreaking survey that will probe voting trends, civic engagement and political opinion of dog owners nationwide. The My Dog Votes™ 2005 Voter Opinion Survey will be conducted electronically, and is expected to uncover voting patterns and political trends among dog owners, as well as provide insight to key factors that motivate voter participation by dog owners on the local and state levels.
(PRWEB) October 26, 2005 -- Are dog owners a political constituency? To answer that question, My Dog Votes™ announced today the launch of The My Dog Votes™ 2005 Voter Opinion Survey. The My Dog Votes™ 2005 Voter Opinion Survey will seek to benchmark the political impact of anti-dog laws and policy through a random sampling of 1000 dog owners who are also registered voters. Dog owners are faced with rising local and state anti-dog legislation and measures.
The survey, which may be the first of its kind, will query dog owners on issues that negatively effect dog ownership, such as homeowner’s insurance discrimination, breed bans, weight and size restrictions, pet limit laws and public space bans. And as RFID microchip pet identification programs become more popular, data privacy of dog owner information is seen as an emerging issue.
Insurers in many states have blacklisted more than 40 dog breeds, including Collies, Boxers, Dalmatians, Chows and Siberian Huskies. My Dog Votes™ founder and director, Barbara Haywood, commented, “Many responsible dog owners are faced with loss of insurance coverage or artificially inflated rates, even though their dog does not have a bite history. These are real issues for dog owners across the nation, and insurance discrimination is legal in many states.”
Dog ownership cuts across political, social and economic barriers, and according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, close to 40% of U.S. households own a dog.
In what could be called a “wake up call” for local politics, preliminary polls conducted by My Dog Votes™ indicate that a high percentage of dog owners are willing to cross party lines in local or state races where candidates have supported anti-dog legislation or policies.
The My Dog Votes™ 2005 Voter Opinion Survey may validate the notion that dog owners are a viable, cultural political constituency in local or state elections, and establish a benchmark by which future studies can be measured. The results of My Dog Votes™ 2005 Voter Opinion Survey will be published later this year.
For additional information about the My Dog Votes™ 2005 Voter Opinion Survey, please contact Barbara Haywood or visit www.mydogvotes.com
About My Dog Votes™
My Dog Votes™ is a social marketing and promotions company dedicated to helping dog interest nonprofits and advocacy groups fuel funding to seed and sustain responsible ownership advocacy. My Dog Votes™ is the only company with a corporate mission of engaging dog owners and democracy to create dog friendly and dog-safe communities. My Dog Votes™ political campaign style products, Tshirts, buttons, magnets are available exclusively through dog and other animal nonprofits or online at www.mydogvotes.com
Contact:
Barbara Haywood
My Dog Votes™
1-888-759-0758
http://www.mydogvotes.com
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