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Women are the majority of voters in the country. So why haven’t the presidential candidates spent more time talking about the issues that affect us — like equal pay, the rollback of women’s reproductive rights, and sexual assault and violence?

Refinery29 teamed up with Supermajority, a new home for women’s activism, to ask them to do just that. Ahead of Super Tuesday, during which more than a third of all delegates will be allocated, Supermajority co-founder Cecile Richards sat down with each of the top six candidates and asked them questions about their records and plans for improving women’s live
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00:00Hi, I'm Cecile Richards and I'm here with Refinery29 and Supermajority.
00:04We're here today with the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for president.
00:08The women of America are under assault by this president.
00:11Maybe it's time for us to have an economy and a government that work for all of us.
00:15I think 50% of the government should be female.
00:19We have to change the culture.
00:20Sometimes the fight is just to stand up on behalf of people who just keep getting the short end of
00:26the stick.
00:26The younger you are, the more you have at stake in a set of decisions that are about to be
00:31made permanently.
00:32About climate change.
00:33Increasing the minimum wage.
00:35Planned Parenthood.
00:36The gender pay gap.
00:37Basic health care.
00:38This is our moment to dream big and fight hard.
00:42We can change the world.
00:44Drag your friends kicking and screaming into the polling booth.
00:48You have to vote.
00:48Because we live in a shared dream country.
00:51Because that, that is how we win.
00:54We can determine the future.
00:55So, go vote.
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