Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: Record Number of Female Candidates Prompting New Debate Approach By Jim Lokay, Fox 5 DC’s “The Final 5” In case you missed it, our own Amanda Hunter …

  With the record number of women seeking the White House in 2020, talk of their “electability” has bubbled up again. So what does that mean? And what lessons did voters learn from last week’s debate? Amanda Hunter from the Barbara Lee Family Foundation joined Jim on “The Final 5” to talk about its new …

  Seeing a woman run for President is no longer a novelty thanks to Hillary Clinton’s 2008 and 2016 campaigns. What is new in 2020 is women candidates’ willingness to run as women without apology.  In the wake of 2016, many have finally embraced a new willingness to talk about the experience of navigating the …

  In case you couldn’t make it, you can watch the full panel here: Captions available under video settings   On September 18th at American University, experts gathered for a panel discussion about Gender on the Ballot’s latest research: “What Does Electability Mean to Voters?” Betsy Fischer Martin from American University’s Women & Politics Institute …

  With reports over the weekend of new sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the debate over whether he should serve on the nation’s highest court has re-emerged as a political issue. Last fall, just after the 2018 elections, the Women & Politics Institute at American University partnered with Benenson Strategy Group …

  Ten of the Democratic candidates for President faced off last night in the third debate of the 2020 cycle, and as always, the Internet had a lot to say. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite tweets here, enjoy! (And if you’re feeling nostalgic, June and July Tweets are here!)   Winner tonight at …

For a full recap of the September Houston debate numbers, head here. Last night, was the first debate to be held on one night—with only three of the six female candidates making it to the debate stage in Houston by the mid-August deadline. The failure to qualify was enough to cause Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to …

  Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up: Debate Edition. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: 6 Takeaways From the September Democratic Debate By Shane Goldmacher and Reid J. Epstein, New York Times The moderators did not hold back at last …