The Elected Office Ceiling

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 13, 2017

Women in the United States hold fewer than one in every four elected offices. When it comes to electing women, we rank below China, Iraq and Afghanistan. Amanda Ripley, Emerson Collective senior fellow and the author of The Smartest Kids in the World, talks about her Politico report on why women are still underrepresented in political office.

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