"While there is no precedent for two women running together for the highest office in the United States, women have made gains in groups.
In 1992, when two Senate seats became open in California, the political conventional wisdom concluded that the two Democrats running — Ms. Feinstein and Barbara Boxer — would not possibly win in the same cycle. They are both serving today and lead powerful Senate committees.
New Hampshire now has two female senators — Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, and Kelly Ayotte, a Republican — and its entire top elected slate in the state is made up of women.
And it is now common to see women at the upper reaches of power in Washington. “It was once hard to imagine a female secretary of state,” Ms. Mandel said. “Then we had three in a row.”
Further, there is a body of academic evidence — somewhat supported by recent events in Congress — that demonstrates that women can make a case for effective leadership as a group.
The authors of a study published in the American Journal of Political Science, “When Are Women More Effective Lawmakers Than Men?” found that “while men may choose to obstruct and delay, women continue to strive to build coalitions and bring about new policies.”
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