Tuesday is the biggest day of the 2018 primary season so far. Eight states will be voting. This includes California, the most populated state in the union and where most of the attention will be focused. Two of perhaps the three biggest questions heading into tonight will be answered entirely […] Read more »
She’s Running! Women in Politics, Tipping Back the Balance of Power
1992 was hailed as the “Year of the Woman” for the record number of female candidates elected to national office. Today, a wave of women candidates, many inspired by the results of the 2016 election and emboldened by the #MeToo movement, may help Democrats tip the balance of power in […] Read more »
California survey: Gender dividend could swing the election
With California’s June 5 primary only a few days away, a new poll by Stanford scholars shows that the gender and ideological profile of chosen candidates will be critical in determining which party will hold the majority of the U.S. House of Representatives in November. The poll, administered by the […] Read more »
In 2018, women candidates are on track to make history
For all the talk of a “blue wave” that could remake Congress in 2018, there is another trend emerging in this year’s early primary results, a wave of women candidates, and in the long run, it could have the bigger impact on Washington. CONT. Dante Chinni, NBC News Read more »
Analysts call it the ‘gender bonus.’ House primary voters call it the change they’re looking for.
… Again and again, if given the choice between the two sexes, Democrats are siding with female candidates for office following the election of President Trump in 2016 and the #MeToo movement, driven by sexual harassment allegations in Congress, Hollywood and other industries. … Democratic strategists offer several explanations for […] Read more »
The Drive to Elect Women Is Defining 2018’s Democratic Primaries
Most analysis has framed this year’s multitude of Democratic primaries as struggles for the soul of the party between moderate, “handpicked DC” candidates and left-wing “insurgents” in the Bernie Sanders mold. On May 15, former Democratic Rep. Brad Ashford (NE-02) was upset by pro-single-payer non-profit executive Kara Eastman. This week, […] Read more »