What it will take for women to win

June 12, 2017

Women are more politically mobilized than ever before — but that’s not enough to get them into office. A POLITICO investigation reveals what’s really stopping women from breaking through.

By AMANDA RIPLEY
Photography and Video by REENA FLORES
Illustrations by ELLEN WEINSTEIN |

One morning this spring, 80 women of different ages, parties and backgrounds gathered in a hotel ballroom in Ames, Iowa, to learn how to run for office. They poured themselves coffee, nodded to their neighbors and listened to experts explain the relative merits of radio ads vs. billboards. Six months earlier, many would not have imagined spending a Friday this way. But then came the 2016 election.

Read the full article here: http://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/women-rule-politics/

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