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Female Candidates May Finally Crush the ‘Electability Paradox’

Jennifer Victor
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4 min readAug 7, 2019

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Democratic presidential candidates standing on stage at the beginning of the Democratic Presidential Debate on July 30, 2019.
Democratic presidential candidates Marianne Williamson, Rep. Tim Ryan, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke, former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper, former Maryland congressman John Delaney, and Montana governor Steve Bullock take the stage at the beginning of the Democratic Presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre July 30, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty
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Jennifer Victor
Jennifer Victor

Written by Jennifer Victor

Associate professor political science, Schar School Policy and Government, George Mason Univ.; Congress, parties, campaign finance, networks. Blogger @MisofFact

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