In addition, the survey shows that 62 percent of surveyed women believe that they will play a larger role than past years in deciding the 2008 election and 28 percent of female respondents say they have no idea for whom they will vote in the 2008 presidential election.

"It's never been more important to understand what women think than right now, and each day, we at iVillage see our community come together to discuss key issues - like healthcare and the economy - that are so critical for all of us," said Linda Boff, Chief Marketing Officer, iVillage. "Today's forum took that dialogue and brought it into the larger conversation."

The interactive issues forum featured a diverse focus group of hundreds of women and nationally recognized panelists, and marked the first of the 50th Anniversary events for AARP. The telephone survey was conducted January 18-20, 2008 with 1,004 respondents nationwide, of which 524 were female.

Complete forum video will be posted later today at http://video.ivillage.com/player/?fid=32464.

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