In this episode of the Omnia podcast, we explore a potential watershed moment in American politics: the unprecedented number of women running for office in 2018. Dawn Teele, Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professor of Political Science, researches women and politics, voting rights reform, and candidate recruitment. Right now, she’s studying Emerge, the largest Democratic campaign training program in the United States. The program recruits, trains, and connects Democratic women who want to run for office.
We speak with Teele about the historical underrepresentation of women in politics and discuss some of the cultural narratives and structural factors—from fundraising trends to division of household labor—that potentially impact the success of female candidates in U.S. elections.
(From left to right) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the 2018 Democratic nominee for New York's 14th congressional district; Kristi Noem is the Republican nominee for the 2018 South Dakota gubernatorial election; Deb Haaland is the 2018 Democratic nominee for New Mexico's 1st congressional district. If elected, she would become the first Native American woman in Congress.
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