Every election cycle, headlines highlight how women are making electoral history. But this doesn't mean the gender gap is disappearing.
This, however, does not mean the gender gap in politics is disappearing as rapidly as these headlines make it seem. RepresentWomen’s Gender Parity Index , which weighs women’s representation at the national, state and local levels, shows how incremental and sporadic progress for gender balance truly is. According to this year’s index, there are no states that have reached gender parity — a basement metric if we’re to call ourselves a truly reflective 21st century democracy.
The GPI’s ranking is on a scale of one to 100, with 50 qualifying as a “perfect score” . Over the years, RepresentWomen’s GPI has clearly shown that progress is slow and uneven across the board.This year, New Mexico leads the nation with a rounded score of 49/100. While this is the second year in a row that New Mexico is ranked first, it has never hit parity and remains at a “B” grade. The only state to have received an “A” grade is New Hampshire, which did so from 2015-2018 and again in 2020.
In 2020, New Hampshire ranked eighth with a rounded score of 40, reemphasizing the fact that state’s progress towards parity is uneven, even in the most promising states. Only 19 states are over halfway to parity . This year’s median score of 24.8% women in government is only 0.2 points higher than the 2021 index.
Despite this, there is a slight momentum for change. In 2020, six states were within 10 points of parity. This year, 10 states are within 10 points . These include New Mexico, Maine, Nevada, Washington, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon and New Hampshire. Many of these states have enacted systems strategies that have benefited the women running for office in their states.
On the other side of the spectrum, a majority of states received a “D” grade in the 2022 index. This has more-or-less been the case since 2013, but states have also consistently shifted from “F” to “D,” and “D” to “C.” Louisiana is the only state to receive an “F” this year. A continuing trend is the stratification between coastal states and the rest of the country.
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