Election Analysis

  • Results for Women Candidates in Election 2023

    CAWP Staff

    FINAL UPDATE: December 21, 2023 (10:45am). Now updated with results from Louisiana's November 18th general election.The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, releases results for women in this year’s election contests. Key results for women candidates in the 2023 election include...

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  • Election Results

    Louisiana Will Elect Its First Woman Attorney General: Results for Women Candidates in the Louisiana Primaries

    CAWP Staff
    LAST UPDATED: November 7, 2023 (11:00am) Nonpartisan primaries were held on Saturday in Louisiana. Candidates who received more than 50% of the vote won the election outright, while the top two vote-getters in the remaining contests will advance to a November 18th general election. Full context about women in the 2023 elections, including candidate lists...
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  • Women of Color and Young Women are Energized to Vote

    Shikshya Adhikari
    Women continued to vote at higher rates than men in the 2022 midterm elections, as they have done for more than four decades. However, understanding why women turn out at higher rates than their male counterparts – across age and racial/ethnic groups – is at least partly context-dependent and specific to particular groups. In 2022, abortion was a mobilizing...

  • Debate-Watching with a Gender Lens

    Kelly Dittmar

    This year’s primary debates provide us — for the first time this cycle — with an opportunity to observe and evaluate gender and intersectional dynamics among presidential contenders in a setting where they are directly engaging with each other. Here are some tips of how to watch this week’s debates with a gender lens. 1.Observe the optics of the debate stage...

  • Election Results

    The Fight for Partisan Control of Virginia’s State Legislature Continues and Democratic Women are on the Front Line

    Rosalyn Cooperman, Guest Contributor

    Last week Virginia held primary elections for seats in the Virginia House of Delegates and state Senate, all of which are up for election this cycle. Currently, Democrats hold the majority in the state Senate, while Republicans hold the majority in the House of Delegates. This November both parties are seeking to gain legislative majorities in both chambers...

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