Research and Scholarship

CAWP research and research by CAWP scholars that addresses emerging questions about American women's political participation. 

  • CAWP Recruitment Studies Datasets

    The 2008 Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) Recruitment Studies are studies of United States state legislators' and mayors' pathways to office that were conducted by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. Data about state legislators and mayors of big cities were gathered through survey instruments that consisted primarily of questions concerning the decision to seek office, previous political experience, and personal background. The studies, which were conducted by mail, web, and phone, were designed to replicate a 1981 CAWP study about gender and pathways to

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  • Gender Backlash in American Politics?

    by Kira Sanbonmatsu
    Politics and Gender (September 2006) 

    The author introduces the idea of a backlash against women's representation, proposes several preliminary hypotheses about a backlash, and discusses ways of testing them.

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  • The Presidential Race Heading into the First Debate

    CBS News/New York Times Poll, September 25, 2008
    This poll includes analysis of women's views of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

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    Women Voters and the Gender Gap
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