Viewpoints: How many women does it take to fix Congress? [View all]
The next United States Congress will have at least 123 women in the House and Senate, including two Muslim-American women, two American Indian women and two 29-year-olds.
Ten more women might still win in midterm races that remain too close to call.
Starting in 2019, women will make up nearly a quarter of the 435-member House of Representatives, a record high. Currently, there are 84 women in the House.
The female newcomers will make waves in government, and not just because women legislators often bring greater attention to wage gaps, family leave policy, sexual harassment, child abuse and other critical issues that disproportionately affect women.
As scholars who study political leadership, we believe more women will be also good for Congress for a more fundamental reason: They may just get a broken system working again.
Women try to collaborate: Washington, D.C., has been ferociously polarized since the 2016 presidential election, but Republicans and Democrats across the nation have been moving further apart ideologically since the 1990s.
There used to be overlap between the views of Democrats and Republicans, at least on some issues. Now, there is almost none.
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