Black women vote at consistently high rates during elections in the United States. States, however, have excluded Black … women from voting by regulating when a person convicted of a crime may be eligible to vote. These efforts are known as … women, criminal law intersects with civil rights to bar their involvement in the electoral process.By reconceptualizing …

women. To date, the office of the U.S. presidency has remained male-dominated. The main reason why this project is … significant is because U.S. politics continues to be highly male-dominated despite growing numbers of women professionals. This … basis of this study. Though Clinton did in fact win the popular vote in the 2016 presidential election, it can be argued …

collected individual-level data. The survey was conducted immediately after the House of Councilors election in Japan. I …

crimes against women in the developing world. This paper investigates whether the election of a female politician reduces the …Every day, three women are murdered in the United States by a current or former partner. Yet policy action to prevent … that the election of a female House Representative leads to a short-lived decline in the prevalence of femicides in her …

compare the differential political career progression of women who closely win versus closely lose a state legislature … election relative to an analogous impact for men who closely win or lose a state legislature election. We find that the effect … women, and its effect on winning a Congressional race is five times larger for men than women. These gaps emerge early in …