A majority of men are happy more women are running for Congress

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published 22 August 2018

Women are running for office at an unprecedented rate this year, and most Americans think that's a good thing.

Research published by Pew Research Center on Wednesday found that 61 percent of U.S. adults think more women running for Congress is good, while 33 percent say it's "neither good nor bad." Five percent say it's a bad thing.

The poll results differed by political party and gender. A full 80 percent of Democrats — 83 percent of Democratic women and 75 percent of Democratic men — said more women in politics is good. Meanwhile, 39 percent of Republicans called it good, with only 34 percent of Republican men agreeing. Another 12 percent of Republican men said it was "a bad thing," while 9 percent of Republican women said the same. Large proportions of both genders in the GOP said more women running for office was neither good nor bad. Pew points out that most of the women candidates this year are running as Democrats.

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Summer Meza has worked at The Week since 2018, serving as a staff writer, a news writer and currently the deputy editor. As a proud news generalist, she edits everything from political punditry and science news to personal finance advice and film reviews. Summer has previously written for Newsweek and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, covering national politics, transportation and the cannabis industry.

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