| 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...
| November Wed, 2016
Historic Gender Gap Isn’t Enough to Propel Clinton to Victory in 2016 Presidential Race
A clear gender difference in candidate preferences and an unusually large gender gap were evident in voting in the 2016 presidential race, according to an analysis of exit poll data by CAWP.
| November Thu, 2016
Number of Women Seeking State Legislative Seats in 2016 Edges to New High
In 2016, 2,602 (1702D, 891R, 5 NP, 4 I) women are state legislative nominees in the 44 states holding such elections in 2016, surpassing the previous record by 65, according to CAWP.