On Wednesday, Donald Trump became the first president to be impeached twice.
He’s faced condemnations and calls for his resignation or removal. He’s been banned from his favorite social media platforms. Even in his own party, some who held their noses and accepted his antics for years are cutting ties.
But there also may be some fallout for those who enabled the president and were willing to condone and amplify his lies that the election was “stolen,” even voting against the certification of the election results after rioters ransacked the Capitol people like Utah Reps. Chris Stewart and Burgess Owens.
Women Ran for Office, Won and Donated in Record Numbers in 2020
Rep.-elect Cori Bush, D-Missouri, speaks during a news conference outside of the Democratic National Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on November 19, 2020.
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Women broke barriers in the 2020 elections, both at the ballot box and as political donors. Unprecedented numbers of women ran for office and won their races. Come January, Congress and many state legislatures will become more representative of the nation as a whole, with women holding more seats than ever before. And in both state and federal races, women raised more money than in any prior cycle.
Women Raised More Money, Won More Elections in 2020 Than Ever Before
Women in both major political parties set records for raising money in political campaigns in 2020 en route to winning the most congressional seats ever held by women.
That’s according to a joint study released Dec. 21 by the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) and the National Institute on Money in Politics (NIMP), led by Republicans who made “record gains” in Congress.
“Women broke barriers in the 2020 elections, both at the ballot box and as political donors. Unprecedented numbers of women ran for office and won their races,” the two groups reported in a joint post on their respective websites, opensecrets.org and followthemoney.org.
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Women broke barriers in the 2020 elections, both at the ballot box and as political donors. Unprecedented numbers of women ran for office and won their races. Come January, Congress and many state legislatures will become more representative of the nation as a whole, with women holding more seats than ever before. And in both state and federal races, women raised more money than in any prior cycle.
That’s according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in Politics. Political participation from women, both as candidates and as donors, has risen in the wake of the 2016 election. That trend notably spiked during the 2018 midterms and continued into the all-time most expensive 2020 election.