How diverse are the candidates in this election? Take a look at the numbers.
Version 0 of 1. After a pair of triumphant elections for women and people of color in American politics, in which records were smashed in 2018 and then broken again in 2020, diverse candidates made further progress this year. More women than ever have been nominated for governorships and state legislatures. More Senate nominees are Black. More House nominees are openly L.G.B.T.Q., and more are also Hispanic women. But there has also been some backsliding: The number of women nominated for Congress, for example, has declined from a 2020 peak. |