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work_gmhnspvc2rfuzpcnlopizo4ngu	Nadia E. Brown	"Glass half full: cautious optimism and the future of Black women political elites in America"	2020	13	.pdf	application/pdf	7617	694	55	the motivations and challenges faced by Black women seeking political office. Black women inhabit an intersectional space: their access to nominations, their candidacies, their ability to raise money, and their chances with the electorate are influenced not only by their race but also their gender (Dowe, 2020). Black women have long been the backbone of the Democratic Party and are now willing to use their clout for their own political ends (Brown and Dowe, 2020). increased attention that Black women political elites pay to the specific issues that Our own intersectional research (Brown and Gershon, 2017) on the 2012 floor debate over the reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) demonstrates that Black Electing Black women, therefore, has policy consequences for the representation of groups and issues that have been largely overlooked by legislators of other identity groups. The political climate is ripe for Black women candidates. 5. https://cawp.rutgers.edu/election-analysis/black-women-candidates-2020 (Accessed 15 August 2020). https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/11/kamala-harris-vp-black-women-393972 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/11/kamala-harris-vp-black-women-393972 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/11/kamala-harris-vp-black-women-393972 Black women political elites in America".	./cache/work_gmhnspvc2rfuzpcnlopizo4ngu.pdf	./txt/work_gmhnspvc2rfuzpcnlopizo4ngu.txt