NBC News
Many families have been effectively cutting a second rent check to send their kids to day care, according to new data from the Department of Labor.
There is reason to believe child care may have had a more direct impact on state and local races, said Anne Hedgepeth, Senior Vice President of Policy and Research at Child Care Aware of America, a national advocacy group.
“Voters do show up and do vote for child care when they have the opportunity to,” Hedgepeth said, citing an election-night survey by the National Women’s Law Center, a nonprofit that advocates for women’s rights, in which 77% of voters said guaranteeing access to affordable child care was important to them.
