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Election of Women • Why so much variation – across nations? – across American states?

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Election of Women. Why so much variation across nations? across American states?. Election of Women. Major changes In US Congress about 17% “big” increase post 1990 In State legislatures steady gains post 1970 little change in last 10 years frozen at about 23%. Election of Women. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Election of Women

• Why so much variation

– across nations?

– across American states?

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• Major changes– In US Congress

• about 17%• “big” increase post 1990

– In State legislatures• steady gains post 1970• little change in last 10 years• frozen at about 23%

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• Candidate recruitment– In states, increase in # of candidates

tracked w/ increase in # of women elected

– Since 1992, pool of candidates has not increased

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• Major partisan differences– Since 1990, fewer GOP women elected

– More Dem women elected• 31% of D state legislators women• 15% of R state legislators women

– Same pattern in US Congress

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• Regional variation– Women have made major gains in some

states• New England, WA, West

– Highest = 40% in CO

– Little representation in many states• South

– lowest = 13% in SC

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• Nordic 42%– SWE 45%

• Americas 22%– CAN 22%, MEX 18%

• Europe 22%– SUI 29%, GER 33%

• Europe (n-n) 20%– RUS 14%

• Asia 19%– JAP 11%

• SubS Africa 18%

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• Questions– Why trends, why flattening?– Why partisan differences?– Why regional differences?– What effects of representation?

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• Are voters biased against women candidates?– continued sexism?

• Are there not enough viable women candidates?

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• Major factors– Party recruitment

• Is this reason for party difference?• in US, local parties

– lower office route to

• other nations– Party list placement

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• Major factors– Campaign finance

• Men and women have different networks

• Different opportunities for raising money– Women fewer opportunities to raise large sums of

money

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• Major factors– quotas

• in Constitution

• in Party rules– In Europe, left parties started quotas earlier

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• Single member vs. multi-member districts– WA, AZ....

– Voters more likely to vote for woman if also first have chance to vote for a man?

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• Cultural factors?– Scandinavia vs. rest of Europe

• Gender roles different SP, IT than SWE...

– New England vs. US South

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• Daniel Elazar’s US Political Culture thesis– Moralistic

• Government advance society, Scandinavians– Individualistic

• politics to advance personal economic goals– Traditionalistic

• hierarchy, authority

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• Cultural v. Institutional factors– Traditional cultures =

• fewer women in ‘modern’ careers• fewer women candidates• less recruitment of women candidates