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 …

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 …

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 …

While the candidate emergence literature has provided explanations as to why women do
not run or think about running for office, we are still learning about the reasons why they do …

Minoritized mother politicians that include ethnic racialized minority Traveller (an Irish
indigenous community), racialized ethnic minority women, and migrant women face …

After the Presidency of Barack Obama made high political office attainable for Black
Americans—and after the Trump presidency demonstrated the urgent need for amenable …

In this essay, we place Black women's electoral challenges and opportunities in context. We
situate this year of “Black Women Candidates” as an anomaly, but one that has been a long …

Most Americans believe there is too much money in politics and are sympathetic to reform.
Using nationally representative survey data, we study how the public views the likelihood …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to apply a novel intersectional framework, the heavy
lifter theory, to leadership attainability in state legislatures. It is a logical and unique way to …

The gender gap between female and male voters receives much attention during election
season. But the partisan gap among women in Congress is a dramatically bigger gulf and …