Tag: Patrick J Kenney

Women legislators create higher levels of political engagement amongst women constituents

Women legislators create higher levels of political engagement amongst women constituents

In less than thirty years, women’s representation in the Senate has gone from two to twenty. In new research, Kim L. Fridkin and Patrick J. Kenney look at how this shift has influenced people’s understanding of, and engagement in, politics. Using election survey data, they find that women constituents tend to know more about their […]