The 2018 election delivered key points of progress that will shape the terrain that candidates are navigating in 2020 and beyond, and it left those of us committed to more equitable political institutions with a reminder that we have unfinished business left to address.
Tag: Women Vote 2020
Ms. will be on the frontlines, covering the most important election of our lifetimes—with a focus on gender and feminism. Our Women Vote 2020 series will run through the election, providing analysis, reporting and opinion pieces from movement leaders, experts and Ms. contributors and editors.
This is Proof: Voters Can Agree on Solutions to the Country’s Problems
Many consider political polarization—the vast gap between Republicans and Democrats—to be a defining and ever-growing feature of American politics today. But an experiment called “America in One Room” set out to discover just how rigid and vast that gap is. Turns out: It’s not as solid or as wide as you may think.
What “Kavanaugh’s Revenge” Means for 2020
Conservative pundits and Republican officials predicted that Democrats who took a stand against the Supreme Court nominee would be punished at the polls. This take is dramatically flawed —and we have the polling to show it.
Civic Engagement on Campus Could Shape the 2020 Elections
New political research from Tufts University prove that efforts to organize and mobilize voters on college campuses are working—and that their impact could shape the 2020 election results.
What Will the 2019 Elections Mean for Women in 2020?
Elections this fall in Virginia and Louisiana may provide the answer.
The Five Majority Rules Critical to Achieving Women’s Equality
The Majority Rules will be the rallying cry for millions of women and will anchor Supermajority and Supermajority Education Fund’s work to inform and engage women this year and next.
How to Talk About Feminism in Politics When No One’s Asking
If there hadn’t been three female presidential candidates on stage, women in America would have been invisible last night—but instead, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar elegantly demonstrated how to talk about feminism when no one’s asking.
It’s (Not) the Economy, Stupid
As painful as it is to reckon with, we must now—after El Paso, after “send them back,” after Charlottesville and the astronomical rise in hate crimes—abandon the fantasy of benign voters led to the polls by the pull of the personal pocketbook.
What “Votes for Women” Means in 2020
The 2018 midterms demonstrated that when women run, we all win. This is something to celebrate today—and to repeat in 2020, on the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
#WhatMamasWant from Political Candidates
With only two questions asked about women’s rights in the first debates, Mothering Justice wanted to ensure the voices of mothers and women of color were heard the second time around. “If they are going to ask for our vote,” Danielle Atkinson, founding director, declared at a pre-debate panel, “they are going to have to answer our questions.”