Hostname: page-component-5b777bbd6c-5mwv9 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-06-18T23:35:26.220Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Whither Politics & Gender Research? Reflections on US Election 2024

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2025

Kira Sanbonmatsu
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, https://ror.org/05vt9qd57 Rutgers University , New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Kelly Dittmar
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, https://ror.org/05vt9qd57 Rutgers University , Camden, NJ, USA
Paru Shah*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, https://ror.org/05vt9qd57 Rutgers University , New Brunswick, NJ, USA
*
Corresponding author: Paru Shah; Email: paru.shah@rutgers.edu

Extract

The 2024 elections made US history in numerous ways. Vice President Kamala Harris became the first Black and South Asian woman to be nominated by a major party for the presidency. Former president Donald Trump made history by becoming the oldest person and the first convicted felon to become president. 2024 marked the first presidential election following the historic Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in 2022.

Type
Critical Perspective Introduction
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Women, Gender, and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable