{"id":1469,"date":"2018-05-14T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2018-05-14T08:00:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T12:00:17","slug":"how-women-are-changing-mainstream-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/how-women-are-changing-mainstream-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"How Women Are Changing Mainstream Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tWomen are running for office in record numbers since the 2016 election. Michael Tackett of the New York Times<\/em><\/a> writes that Clinton\u2019s loss triggered not only a surge of female candidates but also a surge of young women managing campaigns and \u201creshap[ing] a profession long dominated by men.\u201d Many women running for office want female campaign managers who will shape winning messages and plan bold platforms and strategies. Tackett reports that this year, 40 percent of campaign managers for Democratic congressional candidates are women\u2014a dramatic increase from the negligible numbers counted in a 2010 study conducted by Rutger\u2019s University Center for American Women and Politics.\nMany of the campaign messages produced so far this year by both Republican and Democratic women are changing the rules of politics. Stephanie Ebbert of the Boston Globe<\/em><\/a> notes that \u201crunning like a man often doesn\u2019t work\u201d for women. Women candidates are throwing caution to the wind and, according to Dianne Bystrom, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, are \u201crunning very boldly.\u201d For example:\n\n\n