This important work constitutes a systematic, nationwide empirical
account of the effects of gender on political ambition. Based on
data from the Citizen Political Ambition Study, a national survey
of 3,800 "potential candidates" conducted by the authors, it
relates these findings: --Women, even at the highest levels of
professional accomplishment, are significantly less likely than men
to demonstrate ambition to run for elective office. --Women are
less likely than men to be recruited to run for office. --Women are
less likely than men to consider themselves "qualified" to run for
office. --Women are less likely than men to express a willingness
to run for a future office. According to the authors, this gender
gap in political ambition persists across generations, despite
contemporary society's changing attitudes towards female
candidates. While other treatments of gender in the electoral
process focus on candidates and office holders, It Takes a
Candidate makes a unique contribution to political studies by
focusing on the earlier stages of the candidate emergence process
and on how gender affects the decision to seek elective office.
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