The findings have important implications for future elections. This report contains findings from a study of the first two states to hold gubernatorial and state legislative elections after the Supreme Court's Webster v. Reproductive Health Services decision. Using survey and interview data from voters, candidates and activists, researchers at the Eagleton Institute of Politics looked at how the abortion issue played a role in the two states' elections. CAWP regularly publishes fact sheets about women in elective and appointive office. New fact sheets are issued periodically.
Fact sheets are online in Adobe Acrobat format, click here .
While a generation of activist effort and scholarly attention has both improved the status of women in politics and augmented our understanding of women's political behavior, many questions remain unanswered and myriad issues have not been adequately addressed. In April 1994, the Center for American Women and Politics convened a group of 79 scholars, researchers, political prac-titioners, and activists to help identify existing gaps in our knowledge, discuss the reasons for the gaps, and imagine the kinds of research projects needed to address unanswered questions. Their discussions are summarized in this monograph. It provides a guide for research on women's participation in American politics to lead us into the next century and aims to stimulate more inquiry by highlighting, for both researchers and funders, major research needs in the study of women and American politics. This report by Richard and Katheryne McCormick explores the history of women's candidacies for the New Jersey Assembly and analyzes some of the reasons for the past and current status of women as office-seekers in the state.