Notable for its radical conservative views, the Tea Party is progressive in one way that much
of mainstream US politics is not: it has among its most vocal members not spokesmen but …

The sex gap in politics is widely documented: women tend to support left-wing parties more
than men do. Evidence of this observation was recently supplemented by the identification of …

Has research overlooked causes of citizens' political awareness—and are the empirical
merits, connected to political awareness, not that convincing as we thought? Recently, such …

Although the number of female governors has more than doubled over the past thirty years,
few studies examine whether gender influences the policy interests of governors. To …

Although the general public often thinks of schools as “gun‐free zones,” a growing number
of US colleges and universities recognize shooting sports organizations, enabling students …

Firearm laws impact rates of injuries and crimes in US states. Researchers, however,
seldom examine the factors that influence state-level enactment of restrictive firearm law …

Objective This article considers the influence of female legislators on gun legislation across
US states. Females have behavioral differences with males and likely different exposure to …

Why do some US states have more permissive concealed carry weapons (CCW) laws than
other states? To answer this question, this study tests several plausible social, political, and …

The prediction that women in politics ought to support bills deemed" women-friendly" more
often than men is methodologically questionable, relying on operationalizations of …

What gender pay equity laws have been introduced or passed in the US states in the past
quarter century? To what extent does the presence of pay equity law (s) relate to the number …