अमेरिकेतील निवडणुका

भारतीय वंशाच्या अमेरिकन लोकांचा अमेरिकेतल्या राजकारणात सहभाग वाढला..

Indian Americans rise politically

आजच्या पोस्ट्मधले हे आर्टिकल चांगले आहे -

Finding Madame President..

श्री, खरंच काय? मग मी विचार करीन.
(प्रेसिडेन्ट व्हायला जन्म अमेरिकेतला असावा लागतो.)

चंपक, तू तिकडूनच प्रचार करु शकशील. ते पण आऊटसोर्स करुया.

धन्यवाद. लेख वाचलात का पण? योग्य मुद्द्यांचा विचार झालाय.

Women hold less than 17 percent of congressional seats, just six of 50 governorships and not even a quarter of state legislative posts. We have yet to break the 25 percent barrier at any level, let alone achieve parity for a group that’s more than half the U.S. population. And if we’re going to see a woman in the White House in our lifetimes, we’ll need to see more women in these elective offices first.

The next election year, 2012, could be pivotal in bringing new female faces into the political picture. With the reapportionment and redistricting following the 2010 census, we’re likely to see major shifts in both Congress and state legislatures as longtime incumbents retire, current lawmakers confront new constituencies and new seats are added in key states. (It’s no coincidence that the last giant increase in female candidates occurred in 1992, another post-census election.) At least eight of the 33Senate races in 2012 will feature open seats. And recent election cycles have shown us that the electorate is volatile and primed for change. Incumbency is no longer a near-guarantee of victory — and in some cases, it may even be a negative. These forces give newcomers an unparalleled opportunity to break into the system.

पण प्रॉब्लेम असा आहे -
Political parties remain the largest roadblock on women’s path to public office. If either major party made it a real priority to elect more women — with more than just an occasional tip of the straw boater to efforts at inclusion — we’d see immediate and substantial progress. But the old boys’ network retains its grip on power. At the local level, both parties draw largely from the same shallow pool of candidates — the ones who decide to seek office themselves (usually men). As for building a more gender-balanced ballot? The parties leave that to the groups that focus solely on finding female candidates.

अवश्य वाचा.