'Imagine waging two campaigns at a time. That's what is required of the women running for president, who have to oversee a traditional campaign in addition to a second one to convince skeptics of their 'electability,'' writes Kelly Dittmar for CNNOpinion.
Kelly Dittmar is an assistant professor of political science at Rutgers-Camden and a scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. She is the author of"Navigating Gendered Terrain: Stereotypes and Strategies in Political Campaigns" and co-author of"A Seat at the Table: Congresswomen's Perspectives on Why Their Presence Matters." The views expressed in this commentary belong to the author.
Waging a successful campaign for office is hard enough for any candidate. Imagine waging two at a time. That's what is required of the women running for president, who have to oversee a traditional campaign in addition to a second one to convince skeptics of their"electability." Women and people of color are used to doing more work to reach the same results as white men. But women running for president in 2020 are not simply waging the same campaigns"backwards and in high heels" -- they are also engaging in different work that is not required of their opponents.Kelly Dittmar Stacey Abrams' 2018 campaign communications director Priyanka Mantha called this work a"concurrent campaign of belief" to convince voters that their success is possible.
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