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Revisiting the Gender Gap in 2020: The Gender Gap in Political Engagement

October 9, 2020

This blog post is part of our “Revisiting the Gender Gap in 2020” symposium. In this blog series we are interviewing experts about the gender gap in American politics in an effort to shed light on how these gaps may impact the 2020 presidential election. These posts are curated...Read more

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Revisiting the Gender Gap in 2020: Race and the Gender Gap

October 8, 2020

Kelly Dittmar

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Revisiting the Gender Gap in 2020: The Gender Gap in Vote Choice

October 7, 2020

Susan J. Carroll

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The 2020 primaries are over. Here’s what you need to know about the record numbers of women nominees.

September 18, 2020

Kelly Dittmar

This week marked the end of the regular primary election season of 2020. Louisiana’s congressional contests and Georgia’s special U.S. Senate election will be conducted as jungle primaries on November 3, 2020 (women candidates are still eligible for major-party nominations in...Read more

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Regular Primary Season Ends in Delaware, Adding One to Record Number of Women House Nominees

September 16, 2020

CAWP Staff

Election Results

Congressional primaries were held on Tuesday in Delaware. Full context about women in the 2020 elections, including candidate lists, summaries, results from previous primaries, and historical comparisons, are available via the Center for American Women and Politics’ Election...Read more

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Incumbent Women Move Forward in New Hampshire, Rhode Island Will Continue to Have No Women in Congress

September 9, 2020

CAWP Staff

Election Results

Congressional primaries were held on Tuesday in New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Full context about women in the 2020 elections, including candidate lists, summaries, results from previous primaries, and historical comparisons, are available via the Center for American Women and...Read more

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What does the record number of all-woman congressional contests signal about gender dynamics of U.S. elections?

September 2, 2020

Kelly Dittmar

There will be more all-woman congressional contests on the ballot in November 2020 than ever before. With primaries yet to be decided in four states, women have already secured both Democratic and Republican major-party nominations in 51 contests for the U.S. House and Senate...Read more

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Massachusetts Women Likely to Maintain, and Could Expand, Congressional Representation

September 2, 2020

CAWP Staff

Election Results

Congressional primaries were held on Tuesday in Massachusetts. Full context about women in the 2020 elections, including candidate lists, summaries, results from previous primaries, and historical comparisons, are available via the Center for American Women and Politics’...Read more

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The Objectification of Women in Politics and Why it Matters

August 31, 2020

Claire Gothreau

In January of 2019 the right-wing news outlet The Daily Caller published fake revenge-porn photographs of freshman Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. The headline read “Here’s the Photo Some People Described As A Nude Selfie of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.” Earlier this month,...Read more

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Celebrating Suffrage, With Thanks to the Women Who Paved the Way

August 28, 2020

Jean Sinzdak

This month we celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage. The legal right of women to vote was established nationally in the United States with the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in August 1920. Prior to the passage of 19th Amendment, women had...Read more

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