Research Library

RepresentWomen's snapshot tracking party composition by gender in the U.S. House of Representatives from the 113th through 118th Congress, revealing trends in women's political representation.

Explore RepresentWomen's research brief on the key barriers Black women face running for office, plus evidence-based solutions like ranked choice voting.

RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.

RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.

RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.

RepresentWomen's proportional ranked choice voting brief shows that PRCV creates opportunities for women candidates to enter politics by eliminating fears of vote splitting, decreasing campaign costs, reducing incumbency advantage, and encouraging candidate recruitment. PRCV enables multiple constituencies to elect candidates of choice. Because PRCV elections are multi-winner, multiple interest groups can be represented within the same district, allowing for diverse governing coalitions in terms of gender, race, and ideology. Women played a critical role in advancing PRCV within the United States. Not only does PRCV have a deep history of use within the United States, but women have been a part of this movement from the beginning. PRCV resulted in the election of the first women on several city councils, including in Cleveland, OH; New York, NY; Hamilton, OH; and Cambridge, MA. PRCV is the only form of PR compatible with all United States elections – both partisan and nonpartisan. The majority of local elections are nonpartisan, and PRCV is the only PR system that has been tried in the U.S.

RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.

RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.

RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.

RepresentWomen's 2023 snapshot examining how List-PR voting systems and gender quotas increase women's political representation in international legislatures.

RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.

RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.

RepresentWomen's International Report. Learn more about the voting systems used around the world and their impact on women's representation in politics. Voting systems include plurality-majority, proportional representation, semi-proportional, and proportional ranked choice voting. Case studies include South Africa and New Zealand.

Women's representation in national legislatures in 2003 and 2023. These charts show countries around the world have made slow progress towards gender-balanced governance in the last twenty years.

RepresentWomen's snapshot of international voting systems — mapping proportional, semi-proportional, and plurality-majority systems worldwide and their impact on women's representation.

Ranked Choice Voting helps more women run and win. RepresentWomen's 2023 memo examines how RCV eliminates barriers and boosts women's representation.

RepresentWomen's January 2023 snapshot of women's representation in RCV cities — 40% have women mayors and women hold 52% of city council seats where ranked choice voting is used.

RepresentWomen works to increase women's representation in elected office and advocates for systemic reforms to the recruitment process, voting systems, and legislative practices so that more women run, win, serve, and lead.