Women hold relatively few elected positions primarily because they don’t pursue them, a new report by the Brookings Institution concludes. While research has shown that women who chose to run experience a “complete absence of overt gender bias” when it comes to fund-raising and vote totals, women make up slightly more than 24% of statewide elected officials and represent about 16% of Congress.
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Women hold relatively few elected positions primarily because they don’t pursue them, a new report by the Brookings Institution concludes. While research has shown that women who chose to run experience a “complete absence of overt gender bias” when it comes to fund-raising and vote totals, women make up slightly more than 24% of statewide elected officials and represent about 16% of Congress.
To read the full article, please visit The Wall Street Journal's Website.