The Partisan Gap: Why Democratic Women Get Elected But Republican Women Don't

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Why Democratic women far outnumber Republican women in elective offices

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 thi...