Gender and elections : shaping the future of American politics The third edition of Gender and Elections offers a systematic lively and multifaceted account of the role of gender in the electoral process through the 2012 elections. This timely yet enduring volume strikes a balance between highlighting the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2012 elections and providing a more long term indepth analysis of the ways that gender has helped shape the contours and outcomes of electoral politics in the United States. Individual chapters demonstrate the importance of gender in understanding and interpreting presidential elections presidential and vice presidential candidacies voter participation and turnout voting choices congressional elections the political involvement of Latinas the participation of African American women the support of political parties and womens organizations candidate communications with voters and state elections. Without question Gender and Elections is the most comprehensive reliable and trustworthy resource on the role of gender in U.S. electoral politics Describes the role of women as voters and candidates in the 2012 elections providing an analysis of the role of gender in US electoral politics