“Silent majority or loud minority?” asks Anagha Srikanth as she explores our report on how the political system fortifies white male minority rule.
The Guardian: White male minority rule pervades politics across the US, research shows
Alexandra Villarreal discusses our new report, and its implications for US democracy, with Campaign director Brenda Choresi Carter.
Ms. Magazine: AAPIs Are 6% of population – But 0.9% of Elected Leaders
Cynthia Richie Terrell leads with our report on AAPI representation in her round-up on women’s representation.
HuffPost: Asian Americans Are Severely Underrepresented in US Elected Office
Sarah Ruiz-Grossman explores our findings against the backdrop of a spike in anti-Asian violence, and increased activism by AAPI leaders.
The Crime Report: Asian Americans Left Out of Office, Especially Criminal Justice Sector
The Crime Report staff spotlights our findings on the invisibility of AAPI people in the criminal justice sector.
POLITICO: Asian Americans are the least likely to hold elected office
In a POLITICO exclusive, Rishika Dugyala explores our first-of-its-kind report on AAPI political representation.
Washington Post: The county where Black women hold power – a few miles from the White House
In creating this article, Rachel Chason, Katie Mettler, and Amber Ferguson relied extensively on Reflective Democracy Campaign’s data and analysis.
Washington Informer: Braveboy Organizes Chat With Black Female Prosecutors
William J. Ford describes the singular pressures facing Black women prosecutors.
Ms. Magazine: The Case for Expanding the US House
Cynthia Richie Terrell cites Campaign director Brenda Choresi Carter as she explores the connections between women’s leadership and a healthy democracy.
The 19th: What Tishaura Jones’ mayoral win says about the political power of Black women
Barbara Rodriguez cites our Black Representation in a Turbulent Era report and interviews Campaign director Brenda Choresi Carter about the surge of city-level election victories by Black women.
Psychology of Women Quarterly: Political Ideology Modifies the Effect of Glass Cliff Candidacies on Election Outcomes for Women in American State Legislative Races (2011–2016)
Via research including the Campaign’s data sets from 2015 and 2017, the authors found that for Democrats, more women win when more women run, but for Republicans, more women win only when the seats they face are more winnable.
The 19th: Black women tripled their representation in Washington statehouse
Barbara Rodriguez references our electoral landscape findings in an article on a new PAC and the potential to increase Black women representation in statehouses.
