Reflective Democracy Campaign - Datasets

"The Reflective Democracy Campaign investigates and confronts the demographics of power in the United States. Our research and analysis explore how far we’ve come – and how far we have to go – in achieving a democracy whose leaders reflect all of America, and we fund and spearhead innovative models for transforming a political system that’s been hard-wired to exclude women and people of color.

We generate rigorously researched data on the demographics of American politics from city councils to Congress, sparking coast-to-coast headlines and activism. Our data – the nation’s only comprehensive resource on the race and gender of candidates and elected officials –consistently debunk biases and assumptions. We proved white male “electability” is a myth, and our public opinion research confirmed that majorities of voters want more women and people of color in office."

• Includes:

• #advanceAAPIpower: Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Political Leadership

• Abortion Bans and Minority Rule

• Confronting the Demographics of Power: America’s Cities

• Confronting the Demographics of Power: America’s Sheriffs

• The Electability Myth: The Shifting Demographics of Political Power in America (2018-2019)

• Justice For All: Who Prosecutes in America? (over 2,400 elected state and county-level prosecutors (known in some localities as Assistant District Attorneys) across 46 states in the summer of 2014)

• Mapping Black Representation During A Turbulent Era

• Reflective Democracy Research Findings 2016-2017 (over 30,000 federal, state, and local candidates on the November 8, 2016 ballot, and 54,000 elected officials as of June, 2017)

• A Rising Tide? The Changing Demographics on Our Ballots (over 44,000 Congressional, state legislative, and gubernatorial candidates from 2012 to 2018.)

• System Failure: What the 2020 Primary Elections revealed about our democracy

• Tipping the Scales: Challengers Take on the Old Boys Club of Elected Prosecutors

• Who Leads Us? 2014 Findings (over 40,000 federal, state, and local officials in 2014. Download includes a 2015 post-election update)

• Who Ran On November 3rd? US Senate, House, and State Legislature Candidates by Race and Gender

• Who Runs (In) America (over 60,000 candidates for federal, state, and county office on the 2012 and 2014 general election ballots)