Gender
Will 2010 Be the Year of the Woman in Minnesota’s U.S. House Races?
Up to eight female U.S. House candidates could be on the ballot this November – the highest in Gopher State history
Read More2009 Voting Record of Female Republicans in U.S. House Most Conservative in History
Analysis finds National Journal vote rankings of female GOP Representatives set record highs for conservatism in 2009
Read MoreFemale Donors Driving the Fundraising Success of Maureen Reed and Tarryl Clark
Bachmann’s two DFL challengers, Maureen Reed and Tarryl Clark have most effectively tapped into one particularly lucrative fundraising resource – women
Read MoreWhen Will Minnesota (or Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota…) Elect a Woman as Governor?
After holding more than 300 gubernatorial elections across the Upper Midwest during the past 160+ years, the region has yet to elect its first female governor
Read MoreWhy Campaign Contributions by Homemakers to MN U.S. Representatives Are Not Part of a ‘Shell Game’
One of the notable findings from yesterday’s Smart Politics research that documented the occupational profile of those individuals giving large donations to the campaigns of Minnesota’s U.S. Representatives was that nearly 95 percent of homemakers contributed to the three Republican…
Read MoreMinnesota, Western States Lead Nation in Male Population; Vote for GOP Governors
In one of the quirkier statistical findings reported by this blog, a new Smart Politics analysis of Census Bureau data finds that all twelve states in the country in which the male population is equal to or greater than that…
Read MoreMinnesota Legislature Ranks Near Bottom in Proportional Representation of African-Americans
Although Minnesota has the 4th highest percentage of women serving in state legislatures nationwide, the Gopher State only ranks 40th in the country in terms of proportional representation of African-Americans in St. Paul. Out of the 201 legislators in the…
Read MoreMinnesota Ranks 4th in the Nation in Electing Women to State Legislatures
Unlike its Upper Midwestern neighbors, Minnesota continues to be among the nation’s leading states in electing women to state legislative office, according an analysis by Smart Politics of data compiled by the National Conference of State Legislatures. For the second…
Read MoreFemale Legislators in MN At Record High; IA, WI, and SD Lag Behind National Average
Minnesota voters set a record in November 2006 by electing the highest percentage of female legislators to both the state House (43, 32.1 percent) and Senate (27, 40.3 percent) in Gopher State history. Overall, at 34.8 percent, Minnesota ranks 4th…
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