We examine the impact of a candidate's gender on electoral success in the primary and general elections, while controlling for other factors that may influence a candidate's success such as political experience, quality of the challenging candidates, and district-level demographics. The...

Early democratic theorists argued that one purpose of a democratic government is to increase the happiness of its citizens. However, all democracies are not equal. Some democracies through their institutional arrangements create broader representation to their citizens, while others reduce...