| July Tue, 2019
NJ Could Make It Easier For Moms — And Dads — to Run for Office
“According to the Center, New Jersey ranks 20th among the states for female representation in the Legislature. The percentage of women has hovered around 30% for several years.”
| July Mon, 2019
Watch The Democratic Debates Like An Expert & Look Out For These 3 Moments
“Kelly Dittmar, an assistant political science professor at Rutgers University and scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics, tells Bustle that the diversity of the debate stages during the first round affected the perspectives viewers heard…”
| July Mon, 2019
Poll: Warren and Harris lead the field in likability
and Harris lead the field in likability Short description: “In general, ‘for candidates who don’t "fit the norm” of American politics — that is, who aren’t white men — “voters are going to have some greater skepticism that they can overcome the biases in this system,’ Kelly Dittmar, an assistant political science professor and scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics, told Vox.”
| July Mon, 2019
From suffragist to candidate
“Those numbers are ahead of the national picture, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University: 20.6% of Congress, 23.7% of governors and 25.4% of state legislators are women.”