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The partisan gap : why Democratic women get elected but Republican women don't / Laurel Elder. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elder, Laurel, author.
- Series:
- NYU scholarship online.
- NYU scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political parties--United States--Platforms.
- Political parties.
- Liberalism--United States--History.
- Liberalism.
- Conservatism--United States--History.
- Conservatism.
- Political culture--United States--History.
- Political culture.
- Minorities--Political activity--United States--History.
- Minorities.
- Women--Political activity--United States--History.
- Women.
- Women legislators--United States--History.
- Women legislators.
- Women political candidates--United States.
- Women political candidates.
- Democratic Party (U.S.)--History.
- Democratic Party (U.S.).
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History.
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- From Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren to Stacey Abrams and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, women around the country are running in-and winning-elections at an unprecedented rate. It appears that women are on a steady march toward equal representation across state legislatures and the US Congress, but there is a sharp divide in this representation along party lines. Most of the women in office are Democrats, and the number of elected Republican women has been plunging for decades. In 'The Partisan Gap', Elder examines why this disparity in women's representation exists, and why it's only going to get worse. Drawing on interviews with female office-holders, candidates, and committee members, she takes a look at what it is like to be a woman in each party.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The partisan dynamics of women's representation
- A tale of two parties: The changing electoral environment
- Minding the gap: Women in state legislatures
- Whither Republican women? Women in Congress
- Late to the party: Party culture and the recruitment of women candidates
- Conclusion: The future of the partisan gap among women in office.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4798-0487-8
- OCLC:
- 1257077198
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