Meredith College Report: North Carolina Needs More Women In Politics PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 25 March 2015 05:43

RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - More women are needed in North Carolina politics according to a research paper released by Meredith College and authored by Visiting Professor David McLennan. While women make up over 54 percent of registered voters, they hold less than 25 percent of all appointed and elected offices, the report says.

Key findings:

-- In the 28 most competitive 2014 political races across North Carolina, women raised nearly 30 percent more funds then men.

-- In 44 counties, no women serve as county commissioners.

-- Women hold less than 20 percent of elected positions with taxing and spending authority in North Carolina

-- In 2014, 25 percent of the candidates were women and 63 percent won.

The entire report can be found at meredith.edu





 

 
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