Women's underrepresentation in American politics is often attributed to relatively low levels
of political ambition. Yet scholarship still grapples with a major leak in the pipeline to power …

Why are women and people of color under-represented in US politics? I offer a new
explanation: strategic discrimination. Strategic discrimination occurs when an individual …

More women ran for office in 2018 than any previous election year. This represents progress
toward parity, but it remains unclear whether this surge in women's political ambition signals …

Previous work suggests that observing women officeholders increases women's political
ambition. Yet, jumps in women's representation in the United States'“Years of the Woman” …

Why has the underrepresentation of women and racial minorities in elected office proved so
persistent? Many researchers have asserted that the main shortfall happens at the …

Racial/ethnic minorities and women continue to be underrepresented in public office in the
United States. Here, we evaluate the role of general election political party support for …

Election to office is shaped by a series of decisions made by prospective candidates, parties,
and voters. These choices determine who emerges and is ultimately selected to run, and …

Pundits and scholars alike point to recent elections as evidence of a changing American
electorate with women of color (WOC) at the center of creating a more diverse electorate …

As springboards to higher office we need to better understand women's electoral success at
lower-level offices to eliminate the gender gap among elected officials in the United States …

Scholars frequently invoke the term “women of color”(WOC) in their research, and,
increasingly, the media make reference to WOC in news stories. Despite this common …