2019: The Impact Media Coverage had on the Portrayal of Women Candidates

From left to right: Senator of Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, Senator of California, Kamala Harris, Senator of Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar, U.S. representative for Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district, Tulsi Gabbard, Self- help Author, Marianne Williamson and lastly, Senator of New York, Kristen Gillibrand. (Photos by Justin Sullivan, and Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

The photo on the left demonstrates the six previous Democratic Women Candidates for the 2020 Presidential election.

Women have always been underrepresented within politics in most, if not all countries around the world. People are oblivious to the fact that there has been a “higher rate of female voters” in comparison to male voters in the…

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Jaylynne West

Student Journalist at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.