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Explore the Institute's research archive and don’t miss the recent highlights below.

Women in Congress: Updated Data and Records - 150 (107D, 42R, 1Ind) women will serve in the U.S. Congress, holding 28% of seats. This is a new record and surpasses by one the previous record, set at the swearing-in of the 118th Congress. 125 (92D, 33R) women will serve in the U.S. House, holding 28.7% of seats. This is likewise a new record and surpasses by one the previous record, set at the swearing in of the 118th Congress.

• Women in Statewide Office 2023 - 12 (8D, 4R) women now serve as governor, a new high that beats the previous record of 9, first set in 2004. Women hold 24% of governorships nationwide. Three states elected their first woman governor in 2022: Arkansas (Sarah Huckabee Sanders [R]), Massachusetts (Maura Healey [D]), and New York (Kathy Hochul [D]). There remain 18 states that have never had a woman governor.
  
  
• Women in Republican Presidential Primaries - CAWP provided historical context for women seeking the Republican nomination for president of the United States when Nikki Haley, former ambassador to the United Nations and governor of South Carolina, declared her presidential candidacy. By CAWP’s criteria, Haley will become the fifth prominent Republican woman candidate for president. 
  
  

Cyber Social Swarming Precedes Real World Riots in Leicester: How Social Media Became a Weapon for Violence
The Miller Center and the Network Contagion Research Institute released this report in November 2022. The report looks at data from from Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram around the time of the India vs Pakistan cricket match to investigate how tensions are arising between the two communities. Learn more.

The Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling (ECPIP), home of the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, is continuing to release timely public opinion polls on various topics including cannabis tax revenue, expanding Medicare to all U.S. residents, and health inequities. 

The Center also released research conducted with Taft Communications about workplace diversity as well as research with the New Jersey Climate Change Alliance about climate change and the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy.

Additionally, the American Association for Public Opinion Research selected ECPIP as one of the top 10 collaborative spotlight presentations for the Center's New Brunswick Tomorrow study. ECPIP will be presenting this research at the 2023 conference in May.

Upcoming research includes:

• Gun violence - ECPIP is working with the Gun Violence Research Center on a multi-year statewide panel study of New Jersey residents’ views on firearm-related issues and storage practices.
  
  
• Database of elected and appointed officials - ECPIP is working with CAWP to collect data for a database of certain elected and appointed officials in New Jersey. This project was created by New Jersey state legislation.
  
  
• COVID's effect on households - ECPIP is working with the Center for State Health Policy on a multi-year longitudinal study for the Department of Children and Families focused on parent views on how COVID has affected their households.
  
  
• New Brunswick residents - ECPIP is working with New Brunswick Tomorrow on the 2023 community survey, a five-decade times series community health and well-being study of New Brunswick residents.
  
  
• Project Ready - ECPIP is working with Project Ready to survey residents in Newark and statewide on issues of social justice, public health, educational inequities, and civic engagement.

2022 Gubernatorial Election Wrap-up
he Eagleton Center on the American Governor released an analysis of the 2022 gubernatorial election, paying special attention to:

• The Power of Incumbency
  
• Historic Races
  
• Results By Party
  
• Looking Ahead to 2023

Learn more.

Fast Facts About America’s Governor
The Eagleton Center on the American Governor published fast facts about current governors in the United States. Last year was a busy one for gubernatorial elections; 36 states held elections for governor in 2022. In a majority of those states, however, the governor did not change. Twenty-eight governors ran for reelection in 2022 and 27 of them won. As a result, there are only nine new governors as we enter 2023. Learn more.

Keeping the Republic: Thinking, Talking, and Acting Like a Democratic Citizen
In her next book, Dr. Elizabeth Matto outlines the essential elements of democratic citizenship and explains their importance in preserving the republic’s health and longevity. The text highlights the multiple facets of democratic citizenship, identifies and explores American democracy’s sometimes competing values and ideals as well as the points of resonance and unity, and bridges the gap in understanding between the theoretical and the practical by highlighting and translating relevant scholarship on democratic participation.

Stars and Shadows: The Politics Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to Obama
In his latest book, Professor Saladin Ambar explores the role public friendships across racial lines have played in shaping American democracy.

Ambar's narrative weaves the story of how friendship's performance throughout America's history has expanded the boundaries of who could be considered an intimate, a citizen, and ultimately, an equal. Publication is scheduled for June 2022.

Governors' Response to Crises
Experts at the Eagleton Center on the American Governor are currently working on a new edited volume in partnership with Rutgers University Press exploring how governors from across the country have managed major crises that defined their tenure. Publication is set for 2023.

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Barbara Lee, a Longtime Congresswoman, Is Running for Senate in California
"Although the number of Black women running for the Senate has increased in recent years, few have secured a major party’s nomination, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University." - The New York Times

Haley Walks Treacherous Road for G.O.P. Women
"To appeal to voters with strict views of gender roles, Republican female candidates must be 'tough enough to meet this masculinity standard, but also ‘woman enough’ to align with traditional stereotypes of femininity,' said Kelly Dittmar, who is the director for research and a scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics. 'In the Republican electorate where you have more traditional gender beliefs and alignment with masculinity, you have to do both.'" - The New York Times

NJ tax revenue from pot sales is soaring – where should the money go?
"According to Ashley Koning, the director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University, a survey finds the majority of New Jerseyans would like the tax revenue from recreational marijuana to go toward education and public health initiatives." - NJ 101.5

The Eagleton Graduate Fellows and Science Fellows visited Annapolis. Check-out Eagleton Fellow Jamayrah Moore's takeover of Eagleton's Instagram stories.

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