Voter Characteristics
WOMEN IN POLITICS:
Voter, Party and Candidate Characteristics
Influence on Women’s Outcomes in Congress
Mikayla N. Titus Women’s involvement in politics is something we see common in today’s world, but it never used to be like this. In 1917, capitol hill saw a major change with the induction of the first female Representative, Jeannette Rankin of Montana. Ever since, women have been more actively involved in our political system. Currently there are 104 women that hold seats in Congress which make up 19.4% of the 535 members of congress. In the Senate there are 21 women and 83 women in the House of Representatives. Of these 104 women, 78 are belong to the Democratic and 26 are Republican (Rutgers).
Since Rankin, there have been 318 women …show more content…
The three key variables within voter’s characteristics are political identification, race, and gender. The political identification of voter has been seen to differentiate the likely hood to vote for a male or women leader. It has been supported that those who identify with the Democratic party are more susceptible to vote for women (Plutzer & Zipp, 1996). It has also been seen that those who identify more neutral they tend to favor voting for women as well (Trevor, 1999). Another major influencing characteristic of the voter is the gender they identify with. It is strongly supported that the “traditional” gender roles are continually being taught within society, which is causing the gender gap to still occur (Fridkin and Lawless, 2010; Dolan and Sanbonmatsu, 2008; Felchner, 2004). Gender is more likely to affect voting patterns for women than party identification. A significant number of male voters were found to be more likely to vote for men, whereas women voters were more likely to vote for female voters (Plutzer and Zipp, 1996; Felchner, 2004). With this gender role driven society, there should be a shift where women will be accepted into politics and then shall break this gender gap that our society has built (Rossi, 1983; Dolan and Sanbonmatsu, …show more content…
Today’s political membership is changing and women are getting more involved in politics and there lack of literature out there about women in politics. This research will help conduct more evidence and information on the key variables that enable women to get voted in along with the variables that are detrimental to the votes as well. Most of this previous research hasn’t been done specifically for women but rather for the general, so by take these theories and applying them to women in general we can see if they are still applicable. By determining which factors of the state characteristics, candidate characteristics, and party characteristic, we will be able to undercover how they affect the percent of the votes that women get when running for
Voter, Party and Candidate Characteristics
Influence on Women’s Outcomes in Congress
Mikayla N. Titus Women’s involvement in politics is something we see common in today’s world, but it never used to be like this. In 1917, capitol hill saw a major change with the induction of the first female Representative, Jeannette Rankin of Montana. Ever since, women have been more actively involved in our political system. Currently there are 104 women that hold seats in Congress which make up 19.4% of the 535 members of congress. In the Senate there are 21 women and 83 women in the House of Representatives. Of these 104 women, 78 are belong to the Democratic and 26 are Republican (Rutgers).
Since Rankin, there have been 318 women …show more content…
The three key variables within voter’s characteristics are political identification, race, and gender. The political identification of voter has been seen to differentiate the likely hood to vote for a male or women leader. It has been supported that those who identify with the Democratic party are more susceptible to vote for women (Plutzer & Zipp, 1996). It has also been seen that those who identify more neutral they tend to favor voting for women as well (Trevor, 1999). Another major influencing characteristic of the voter is the gender they identify with. It is strongly supported that the “traditional” gender roles are continually being taught within society, which is causing the gender gap to still occur (Fridkin and Lawless, 2010; Dolan and Sanbonmatsu, 2008; Felchner, 2004). Gender is more likely to affect voting patterns for women than party identification. A significant number of male voters were found to be more likely to vote for men, whereas women voters were more likely to vote for female voters (Plutzer and Zipp, 1996; Felchner, 2004). With this gender role driven society, there should be a shift where women will be accepted into politics and then shall break this gender gap that our society has built (Rossi, 1983; Dolan and Sanbonmatsu, …show more content…
Today’s political membership is changing and women are getting more involved in politics and there lack of literature out there about women in politics. This research will help conduct more evidence and information on the key variables that enable women to get voted in along with the variables that are detrimental to the votes as well. Most of this previous research hasn’t been done specifically for women but rather for the general, so by take these theories and applying them to women in general we can see if they are still applicable. By determining which factors of the state characteristics, candidate characteristics, and party characteristic, we will be able to undercover how they affect the percent of the votes that women get when running for