| February Wed, 2024
The gender gap in Minnesota politics extends to campaign donations
An estimated 40% of Minnesota's state-level candidate donations in 2022 — $4 for every $10 — came from a woman, according to a new report on the gender "donor gap" from Rutgers' Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP).
| February Wed, 2024
NJ Elections: ‘Parental rights’ in schools front and center in some races
“What we’re seeing across the state is a culture wars redux,” said Ashley Koning, director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling. “[Parental rights] has been a really good driving issue for rallying the base and potentially even peeling away some of those independents that may be on the fence about these issues.”
| February Wed, 2024
As N.J. prepares to vote, guns largely missing from campaign trail conversation
“Public opinion matters, and this is one of these issues where public opinion is pretty squarely in the camp of gun control,” said Ashley Koning, director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University.
| February Wed, 2024
New Faces in Congress: Rep. Jennifer McClellan, an Example of Virginia Black Excellence
McClellan’s election also adds to what is already a record number of women and women of color in Congress, and sets a new record for the number of Black women, according to data from the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University