Women on the Run

Danny Hayes is Associate Professor of Political Science at George Washington University, Washington DC. A former journalist, his research focuses on how information from the media and other political actors influences citizens' attitudes and behavior. He is the co-author of Influence from Abroad: Foreign Voices, the Media, and US Public Opinion (Cambridge, 2013). Jennifer L. Lawless is Professor of Government at American University, Washington DC, where she is also the Director of the Women and Politics Institute. She is the author of Becoming a Candidate: Political Ambition and the Decision to Run for Office (Cambridge, 2012) and the co-author of Running from Office: Why Young Americans Are Turned Off to Politics (2015) and It Still Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office (Cambridge, 2010).

• 1. Gender, myth, and reality on the campaign trail; 2. Rethinking and reassessing gender differences on the campaign trail; 3. That's what she said, and so did he; 4. Sex is no story; 5. The party, not the person; 6. The origins and implications of perceptions of gender bias.

'Hayes and Lawless tackle the conventional wisdom about bias against females in political campaigns and find that women actually do as well as men when they run. The problem is getting them to seek office because when they run, female candidates are very successful at raising money, conducting professional campaigns, getting media attention, and attracting votes. This is a smart and carefully researched analysis by two leading scholars of American elections.' Darrell M. West, The Brookings Institution