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Kathleen Braico MD's avatar

Amen. The higher the power, the fewer women (and people of color, and LGBTQ persons...) will be found. After all, we couldn't even vote until 100 years ago, and in my lifetime we couldn't get a loan or a credit card without our husbands..

Patrice D's avatar

Good data analysis. Year-over-year data on representation (in govt and in government-contractors) have shown similar truths for decades and decades. Data provide clarity when people try to push emotional opinions.

Excellent modeling of the ease of calling a thing a thing. The dominant-representation members who speak to each other has been the weakest voice for far too long.

morencdr's avatar

Not for nothing, but Saratoga Springs has 2 female supervisors (no males), and 2 of 5 Commissioners are female. Accounts and Finance commissioners are women. That's 4 of 7 elected positions. Not so bad.

Richard's avatar

...thank you for this / yes, to more women in government at all levels- local, state and national / Hillary and Kamala, both, would have been excellent presidents...

@truthyone's avatar

I believe it would be very helpful to have more women in elected offices. But I do not see Queensbury Supervisor Rachel Hajos represented in these numbers. Why is that ?

mike parwana's avatar

Good question! This was my first assignment for my research assistant and clearly I didn’t check the work as well as I should have. I take full responsibility for the error and regret the bad information.