Gender and Elections

Susan J. Carroll is Professor of Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University and Senior Scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics of the Eagleton Institute of Politics. She is the author of Women as Candidates in American Politics, 2nd edition (1994) and editor of The Impact of Women in Public Office (2001) and Women and American Politics: New Questions, New Directions (2003). Richard L. Fox is Associate Professor of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University. His research examines how gender affects voting behavior, state executive elections, congressional elections, and political ambition. He is the author of Gender Dynamics in Congressional Elections (1997) and co-author of Tabloid Justice: The Criminal Justice System in the Age of Media Frenzy (2001). He is also co-author, with Jennifer Lawless, of It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office (Cambridge University Press, 2005).

Introduction: gender and electoral politics in the early twenty-first century Susan J. Carroll and Richard L. Fox; 1. Presidential elections: gendered space and the case of 2008 Georgia Duerst-Lahti; 2. The 2008 candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin: cracking the 'highest, hardest glass ceiling' Susan J. Carroll and Kelly Dittmar; 3. Voter participation and turnout: female 'star power' attracts women voters Susan A. MacManus; 4. Voting choices: the politics of the gender gap Susan J. Carroll; 5. Latinas and electoral politics: movin' on up Christine Marie Sierra; 6. African American women and electoral politics: a challenge to the post-race rhetoric of the Obama moment Wendy G. Smooth; 7. Congressional elections: women's candidacies and the road to gender parity? Richard L. Fox; 8. Political parties and women's organizations: bringing women into the electoral arena Barbara Burrell; 9. Advertising, web sites, and media coverage: gender and communication along the campaign trail Dianne Bystrom; 10. State elections: where do women run? Where do women win? Kira Sanbonmatsu.