| November Fri, 2016
2016 Election Analysis: Women Voters Did Not Abandon Clinton, Nor Did She Fail to Win Their Support
With over 60 years of experience studying women candidates and campaigns between them, the Center for American Women and Politics (Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University) and the Barbara Lee Family Foundation analyzed the 2016 presidential election through a gender lens with their joint project, Presidential Gender Watch. Post-election, evaluation of the gender dynamics we saw continues.
| November Fri, 2016
Popular Vote Proves Americans Will Vote for a Woman President
While Hillary Clinton did not emerge from Election 2016 with sufficient electoral votes to become the next U.S. president, she did win a plurality of the popular vote, conclusively answering the long-standing question: are Americans willing to vote for a woman as president?
| November Thu, 2016
Gender Gaps in Voting Evident Across All 2016 U.S. Senate Races
Gender gaps in voting were widespread across U.S. Senate races in the 2016 elections, according to an analysis of Edison Research exit polls conducted by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.
| November Wed, 2016
No Breakthrough at Top of Ticket, But Women of Color Gain in Congress
History was not made at the presidential level, the number of women in Congress will remain static, and as of January, the number of women governors will drop by one. The only landmark for women’s participation is the election to Congress of more women of color than ever before...