(Another) year of the woman? New evidence shows that women candidates are favored ahead of the 2018 midterms

This year's midterm election cycle has seen an unprecedented number of women candidates running for Congress. But will this mean that 2018 will be a new "Year of the Woman"? Using a nationally diverse sample, Lindsey Cormack and Kristyn Karl find that -contradicting previous research - both women and men prefer female politicians, perceiving them to be more competent, intelligent, compassionate and sincere compared to their male counterparts. Specifically, Democratic men assess women politicians significantly more favorably than male politicians and are driving the effect among all men.