{"id":77744,"date":"2025-04-23T10:28:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/?p=77744"},"modified":"2025-04-23T10:36:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:36:35","slug":"researchers-when-women-run-for-office-girls-grow-up-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/researchers-when-women-run-for-office-girls-grow-up-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers: When Women Run for Office, Girls Grow Up to Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While running for president, former Vice President Kamala Harris met with students at Howard University – and likely altered the girls’ political trajectories in the process, a new study finds. (Credit: Picryl<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In case you\u2019d forgotten: Representation matters, and a new study proves it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have found that when women candidates<\/a> run for office<\/a>, the adolescent girls who see them are more likely to vote when they\u2019re of age to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team involved in the study<\/a> followed some 6,000 adolescent girls on their respective journeys to adulthood, beginning their research effort in 2002. Those in the study pool who were exposed to the campaigns of viable women candidates in their formative years were more likely to grow up to vote in both presidential and non-presidential elections.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201c\u200b\u200bWhen they see women run, young women receive a message about the openness of the political system to people like them and about the capacity of women for politics,\u201d researchers explained, adding that study subjects needn\u2019t have come from politically engaged households for the effect to take hold. Even \u201cincidental exposure to women politicians through the normal course of life \u2014 a woman senatorial candidate comes up in conversation, a woman running for the House is featured on a billboard \u2014 delivers the message that politics is for women.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They added: \u201cThe more examples they have stored [in their memories] of women in public life, the more women might view political participation as appealing and accessible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study did not indicate whether winning (or losing) impacts these effects, nor did it point to any specific women candidates (such as former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, for example) as having any particular level of influence on its participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, current women candidates are still facing an uphill battle when it comes to launching and weathering campaigns. A 2024 study<\/a> conducted by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University found that political party leaders favor self-financed candidates, because they\u2019re less likely to rely upon party resources \u2013 and women, simply put, have less cash on hand, \u201cthanks\u201d to ongoing pay and opportunity gaps. Extreme fatigue<\/a>, born of handling a disproportionate amount of America\u2019s caregiving and unpaid labor needs, is also a factor, additional research shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if we can make the path to campaigning \u2013 and winning \u2013 easier for women to traverse, it will have positive ripple effects that touch future generations of potentially political girls, experts say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers concluded: \u201c[E]xposure to women role models can spark interest and engagement among girls that places them on a path to greater political participation over the life course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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