Analysis shows female legislators more effective
Want to end partisan gridlock? Elect more women.
That’s the conclusion drawn in a new analysis of recent Congressional data, reports Mashable.com.
Quorum, a startup that analyzes Congressional relationships and policymaking, found that over the past seven years, female legislators have been more likely to work with female members of the opposite party and more likely to see their bills passed compared to their male counterparts.
In the Senate, the average female senator co-sponsored 6.29 bills with another female senator, while the average male senator co-sponsored 4.07 bills with a male peer, according to the article.
The data also showed that women are more likely to introduce bills, get them out of committee, attract more co-sponsors and see their bills passed. Overall, the average female senator introduced 96.31 bills over the past seven years, whereas the average male senator introduced 70.72 bills.
Though the results weren’t the same in the House of Representatives, Mashable reported, Quorum did find that female members co-sponsor legislation with each other, both within and outside of their party affiliation, more often than men.
Source: EAMON O’BRIEN / QUORUM
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