Candidates, Campaigns . . . and Child Care?
The question of child care on the campaign trail is becoming a more important question. Credit: Image Source/Getty Images
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site examines how the increasing number of female political candidates is putting social pressure on the need for providing childcare for politicians on the campaign trail.
Ever since Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential elections, women have become a mobilized political force like never before. Beginning with the Women’s March on Washington in January 2017, women have organized rallies and protests, campaigned for pro-woman candidates, and turned out to vote like never before. Perhaps even more importantly, record numbers have decided to run for office themselves: in fact, from 2016 to 2018, the number of women running for Congress doubled.
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