{"id":38324,"date":"2023-09-27T05:57:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T10:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2023\/09\/27\/views-of-the-state-of-gender-equality-in-politics\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T18:40:09","slug":"views-of-the-state-of-gender-equality-in-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2023\/09\/27\/views-of-the-state-of-gender-equality-in-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"1. Views of the state of gender equality in politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A narrow majority of U.S. adults (53%) say there are too few women in high political offices in the United States today. Some 37% say there are about the right number of women and 8% say there are too many women elected to higher offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The share saying there are too few women in high political offices is down from 59% since we last asked this question in 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Views on this differ widely by gender and political affiliation. And there are also differences between Democratic men and women and between Republican men and women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By gender<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Most women (63%) say there are too few women in high political offices. Three-in-ten say there are about the right number of women and just 5% say there are too many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Views are more divided among men: 42% say there are too few women and 46% say there are about the right number. About one-in-ten men (11%) say there are too many women in high political offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By partisanship<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Three-quarters of Democrats and Democratic leaners say there are too few women in high political offices today. A much smaller share of Republicans and Republican leaners (29%) say the same. A majority of Republicans (56%) say there are about the right number of women in these offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republican women <\/em>are about twice as likely as Republican men <\/em>to say there are too few women in high political offices (40% vs. 19%). Republican men are about as likely to say there are too few women in these elected offices as they are to say there are too many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About six-in-ten Republican men (62%) say there are about the right number of women in high political offices, compared with 51% of Republican women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Majorities of Democratic men and women <\/em>say there are too few women in high political offices. But Democratic women (82%) are more likely than Democratic men (67%) to say this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ideal number of women and men in high elected positions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Most people (77%) who say there are too few women in high political offices say it would be ideal to have about an equal number of men and women <\/em>in these offices. About one-in-ten (9%) say it would be ideal if there were more women than there are now but still not as many women as men<\/em>. And 13% say it would be ideal to have more women than men<\/em> in these positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Majorities of Democrats and Republicans who say there are too few women in high elected offices say it would be ideal for there to be about an equal number of men and women<\/em>. Still, there are some differences in these views by party. Among those who say there are too few women in these offices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n