Lack of Women Politicians Doomed Roe - Here's How To Get Them Elected

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Women make up more than half of the U.S. population, yet less than a third of the nation’s elected leaders. It’s not because they’re not winning. It’s because they’re not running. And studies show that the gender gap in political ambition is just as big today as it was 20 years ago. Why, and how do we change that? Andy poses those questions to gender and politics researcher Jennifer Lawless and She Should Run founder Erin Loos Cutraro. Walk away from this interview with practical tips on how to run yourself or motivate your friend to turn that thought into an actual candidacy.

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Learn about She Should Run, a nonprofit that encourages women from all political leanings, ethnicities, sexual identities, and backgrounds to see themselves as future candidates: https://sheshouldrun.org/
Read Erin’s article, “Is the Roe v. Wade news making you angry? You should run for office,” here: https://fortune.com/2022/05/04/roe-v-wade-news-women-abortion-angry-run-office-representation-politics-erin-loos-cutraro/
Check out Jennifer’s research, “The Gender Gap in Political Ambition: Everything You Need to Know in 10 Charts,” here: https://thelawmakers.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Gender-Gap-in-Political-Ambitions_Report_Final-Jen-Lawless-2022-3-1.pdf
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1:28.0	All right, welcome to the bubble. Welcome to our Friday conversation. This is Andy Slavitt.
1:32.0	I have two great guests and a happy Friday. Everybody helped the weekend is heading towards a good start.
1:37.0	Man, what a week.
1:40.0	We're going to talk about one of the issues that if it's not on your mind, it should be and will be soon.
1:46.0	I admit all the primaries in the country. I admit the news of the leaked brief on Roe v Wade last week.
1:53.0	We're going to discuss what's at stake with the really significant gender gap that persists in representative politics in the US with two people who know this topic better than anybody.
2:03.0	And we're going to talk about how actually to take some action and get involved or get the people you know or care about who should be involved in politics involved in politics.
2:12.0	And I'm really looking forward to this. Okay, Aaron Lozgutfaro. You're the founder of the CEO of She Should Run.
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