Since Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to Congress in 1916, the numbers game for women in elected office has been marked by largely glacial progress. But a new report lays out the extent to which women and people of color have gained ground in elections around the country over the last two years.
The report, prepared by The Reflective Democracy Campaign, which studies demographics in American politics, crunched data from nearly 45,000 elected officeholders nationwide, and the findings were telling. (The R.D.C. is a project of the Women Donors Network, which organizes liberal women donors.)
The research found that in large part, women and people of color in 2018 were as likely to win their elections as white men, once they were on the ballot. CONT.
Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times