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First They Marched, Now More Than 13,000 Women Are Planning to Run for Office
On Inauguration Weekend, an estimated 3.2 million people in hundreds of cities across the country took to the streets to protest the incoming president. More than 400,000 people marched in Washington, D.C., similar numbers turned out in New York and Los Angeles, and even in Houston, Phoenix, New Orleans, Santa Fe, and Reno, marchers numbered in the tens of thousands. It was, as organizers promised it would be, the most massive coordinated demonstration an incoming president has ever faced. But its real power will be measured not in crowd size but in the lasting impact it has on the political process. And one of the clearest results of the march and of the election as a whole is the wave of political participation among women at local, state, and national levels thats emerging in its wake.
The day after Womens Marches swept the country, 500 women gathered in an auditorium in Washington, D.C.s Grand Hyatt Hotel. Each one had registered to complete EMILYs Lists candidate training program, which would better equip them to run for public office. According to EMILYs List, a week before the training was scheduled to take place it had already sold out, and 500 more women were on the waiting list. EMILYs List president Stephanie Schriock said the organization holds these types of trainings often, but the incredible energy around this one is unique. We spend a lot of time recruiting, she said. Now were seeing women calling us.
Like-minded organizations have reported similar spikes in interest. VoteRunLead reported that in the past two months, more than 2,300 women have signed up to take its online course, and the organizations January 7 seminar registered 1,200 women in less than 48 hours. Since Election Day, EMILYs List has had more than 4,000 people reach out to say theyre interested in running 1,660 since Inauguration Day. And according to a She Should Run spokesperson, in a normal month the organization sees at best, and with significant effort, anywhere between a few dozen to a few hundred women sign up. But in the three months since the election, co-founder and CEO Erin Loos Cutraro said 8,100 women have indicated their interest in running for office by registering for She Should Runs online incubator program, which teaches them how. Whats more, Cutraro said things show no sign of slowing. We had a staff meeting, and we were going over numbers, Cutraro said. Our community manager said, But hold on we got 100 more last night.
...another common thread among the women there for the candidate training: Every single one wanted to change something concrete. According to Cutraro, this is a common characteristic of women who seek office running to get something specific done, versus simply to gain power.
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First They Marched, Now They're Running (Original Post)
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