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Money Matters in the Fifty States |
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Earlier this month, CAWP released the second report in our Women, Money, and Politics series, Money Matters in the Fifty States. In the report, CAWP researchers Kira Sanbonmatsu and Claire Gothreau examine campaign fundraising from 2001 to 2020 in statewide executive office races (other than races for governor and lieutenant governor) from both a donor and a recipient perspective, finding significant discrepancies between men and women, as well as specific disadvantages for women of color. Some highlights include:
- Men’s giving in statewide executive elections exceeds women’s giving. Men outpaced women both in terms of the number of donors and the total amount contributed
- Men’s giving to primary election contests without an incumbent also exceeded women’s giving in the number of contributors and the total amount of contributions.
- Thus, despite the fact that women turn out to vote at higher rates than men, in terms of another critical form of political speech and participation, campaign finance, women continue to lag their male counterparts.
- While men and women tend to raise similar amounts in races for these statewide elected executive offices, this may mask significant structural disadvantages. Women are less likely to self-fund their campaigns and more likely to fundraise in small-dollar amounts, meaning they may face additional burdens in the fundraising process.
- Women of color are much less likely to enter contests for statewide executive offices than white women. They also raise less on average than white women candidates.
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CAWP Conversations on Instagram Live |
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To help dive into the content of Money Matters, CAWP held a series of conversations on Instagram Live with the people who know best: political practitioners and current and former statewide officeholders. These discussions covered a wide range of issues addressed in Money Matters from an analytic perspective, but gave them personal, on-the-ground context. Campaign finance is a world full of challenges for women as candidates and donors, but it’s also a bounty of opportunity. View all three conversations in the series in the Money Matters playlist on our YouTube channel, or view each video separately:
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In the midterm election of 2018, more women than ever ran for office. That meant more women than ever won office. It also meant that hundreds of women lost. In 2020, we kept track of those women who got back up, dusted themselves off, and committed to another campaign in our Rebound Candidates 2020 page. Well, 2020 was another record-breaking year, so we’re taking a look at the women who are back at it again in 2022. Find out about the women running for congressional and statewide offices after a 2020 loss at our 2022 Rebound Candidates page, which lists candidates by state and provides information on the office they sought in 2020 and the one they’re seeking in 2022. |
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Call for Research Proposals: Identifying and Addressing Barriers and Opportunities to Women’s Political Power |
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CAWP is accepting proposals for both small and large research grants to investigate and illuminate barriers and opportunities to increasing women’s political power in the United States. Applications will be accepted through September 10, 2021.
Preference will be given to research proposals that:
- Advance our understanding of the distinct realities that women of color navigate in U.S. politics;
- Identify and assess steps for translating research into action to increase women’s political power, including effective interventions to disrupt gender and/or intersectional biases in U.S. political institutions;
- Challenge one-size-fits-all assessments of barriers or opportunities to women in U.S. politics; and
- Expand the sites for research focus to non-electoral positions of political power and/or to sub-national levels of political representation.
Learn more about each priority area, as well as eligibility and proposal requirements, by visiting CAWP’s website. The page also includes FAQs that provide additional information about expectations and processes.
Curious about other research grants CAWP has awarded? Learn about the first wave of CAWP research grant recipients and their projects here. |
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Jean Sinzdak Speaks to the National League of Cities |
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CAWP Associate Director Jean Sinzdak spoke at the National League of Cities’ Leading Equitable Communities virtual conference. The conference was an opportunity for local leaders, including elected officials and staff, to gather and focus on diverse leadership and equitable solutions as cities continue to manage the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis. Sinzdak spoke at length to the conference about our recently-released research on women’s officeholding in municipalities, and her presentation of this research, the first project of its kind that will track women’s representation at the local level on an ongoing basis, immediately sparked deeper discussions among the participants in the Constituency Conversations with the Board program at the conference. Learn more about our municipal government data here. |
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Our colleagues at the Eagleton Institute of Politics’ Center for Public Interest Polling are hiring a research associate to join their team. The position will assist with daily operations at CPIP, including managing both undergraduate and graduate internships, conducting data analysis for both statewide polling and survey research projects, drafting publications related to ECPIP projects, interacting with clients, and performing general research related to the center’s work. Learn more and apply today!
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