| October Mon, 2023
How To Get Involved In Local Politics – Because More Women In Power Starts At Home
"There's always been this assumption that, if we just went down a little further, if we just got to a more local level, that we would see a lot more women there. And we have long suspected that was, in fact, a myth. And the data now bears that out," the director of CAWP, Debbie Walsh, told USA Today about the disparity.
| October Mon, 2023
Despite poor polling numbers, Kamala Harris viewed as key for Democrats in 2024
Kelly Dittmar, director of research at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey, said there are multiple factors affecting Harris’ poll numbers and the public’s perception of her role. She agreed with the other experts that one is Harris’ standing as the first woman and first person of color to be a vice president.
| October Mon, 2023
John Weingart Retires from Eagleton
John Weingart has retired after 23 years as the highly regarded associate director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.
| October Mon, 2023
Wisconsin governor employs partial veto to fund schools for 4 centuries
Kristoffer Shields, program manager of Rutgers University's Eagleton Center on the American Governor, agreed. "I think it'll be a really interesting conversation, moving forward, to see how comfortable people are with the executive being able to make a decision like that", Shields said. 'I'm really curious to see if this turns into a movement to restrict the power in Wisconsin, or if this blows over."