Representation 2020 Blog As the 2016 Election Approaches, Gender Parity Remains Elusive

By Kesley KoberRepresentation2020, a project of FairVote, has just released its pre-election Gender Parity Index. It shows that on the eve of election 2016, in which we might elect our first female president, 49 of 50 states remain a long, long way from gender parity in elected office. Women constitute just 19% of Congress, 24% of state legislatures, 19% of mayors in our 100 largest cities, and a miniscule 12% of governorships across the country.In order to understand the true extent o [...]