security mom

How did the president who has caused so much insecurity in the world become the hero of security moms?

There is evidence, however, that security moms did not exist in great enough numbers to influence the 2004 election outcome.

And that should really give security moms the jitters.

But how will these Security Moms feel if the draft returns and they have to put their own children's lives on the line?

Security moms live everywhere and are leaning Republican.

Security moms were supposed to be concerned primarily with issues such as the war in Iraq, domestic terrorism, and the security of their children.

"The soccer moms of the 1990's have become the security moms of 2004."

Mr. Bush, too, is wooing both his Republican base and undecided "security moms."

During the 2004 presidential campaign, pundits started talking about the security mom, a successor to 2000's "soccer mom" and in theory a powerful voting bloc.

"Security moms" are an outgrowth of the "soccer moms" who had emerged in previous elections as important swing voters.

As soccer kids grow toward adulthood, a new definition of "security mom" emerges: a mother who genuinely fears for the security of her children's future.

"These were the 'security moms' that the Bush campaign targeted very hard," Mr. Sye said.

One explanation is that the rhetorical construction of "security moms" was an effort to rally support for the war in Iraq and George W. Bush's reelection.

Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., Democrat of Delaware, says that "soccer moms are security moms now."

Indeed, the remoteness of Beslan did little to placate the "security moms" who reportedly moved toward George W. Bush in the presidential election after the incident.

Eager to promise greater "security" under a Democratic administration, these consummate politicians are hoping to lure family-oriented middle Americans-"security moms," you might call them-back to the party.

The two candidates were trying for sparks on Wednesday night, jousting over the 61 percent of undecided voters who are women, such as the single women, the security moms and the Medicare grandmas.

Already in the 2004 campaign there have been sightings of Nascar Dads, Office-Park Dads and Security Moms (Soccer Moms who are worried about terrorism).

To the Editor: "Security Mom" Rebecca Kurson feels safer from a terrorist attack because George W. Bush is president ("Kerry's Wobbly Support," Oct. 3).

The so-called security moms, who have replaced soccer moms as a desirable demographic, are now flocking to Mr. Bush over Mr. Kerry, believing he can better protect their kids from scary terrorists.

As an undecided "security mom" in a battleground state, Kim Garcia was already one of America's most intensely scrutinized voters when she sat down in a classroom at Carnegie Mellon University on Saturday morning.

Poll takers have identified a new segment of voters - known in the world of political shorthand as security moms - who have shifted from Mr. Kerry to Mr. Bush because they believe the president will do a better job combating domestic terrorism.

This year, Ms. Lake said, the gap between how married and single women expect to vote is greater than it has ever been, largely because of the emergence of what analysts call "security moms," who tend to be white, married women who have children and who are fearful of another attack within the United States.