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- Title
Women Candidates In Open-Seat Primaries For the U.S. House: 1968-1990.
- Authors
Burrell, Barbara
- Abstract
This study compares the performance of male and female candidates in open-seat primary elections for the U.S. House of Representatives from 1968 through 1990. Female candidates throughout this period tend to do as well as their male counterparts in acquiring votes and winning open-seat primaries. They are not appreciatively older than their male challengers, and they have had equal experience in public office prior to seeking a seat in the U.S. House. The fact that women hold few seats in the House is primarily due to the scarcity of their numbers in these races.
- Subjects
UNITED States; POLITICAL candidates; WOMEN political candidates; PRIMARIES; ELECTIONS; WOMEN in politics; PUBLIC officers; UNITED States. Congress. House; UNITED States politics &; government; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1992, Vol 17, Issue 4, p493
- ISSN
0362-9805
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/439863