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"Save the Republican Party: Vote for Clinton" is from the September 07, 2016, Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by James K. Glassman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"French Republican Party Picks More Conservative Candidate for Presidency" is from the November 27, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Nossiter and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Trump, in Shift, Turns to Republican Party for Fundraising Help" is from the May 9, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Maggie Haberman, Ashley Parker and Nick Corasaniti and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Alan I. Abramowitz has emerged as a leading spokesman for the view that our current political divide is not confined to a small group of elites and activists but a key feature of the American social and cultural landscape. The polarization of the political and media elites, he argues, arose and persists because it accurately reflects the state of American society. Here, he goes further: The polarization is unique in modern US history. Today's party divide reflects an unprecedented alignment of many different divides: racial and ethnic, religious, ideological, and geographic.

Developing a novel theory of "partisan-gender identity," Gendering the GOP argues that Republican women in Congress are not merely gender-blind partisans. In fact, polarization and party competition have incentivized Republican women to organize around their partisan-gender identity and distinguish themselves from both Democratic women and Republican men. In so doing, Republican congresswomen have increased their visibility while simultaneously upholding a party culture that limits women's presence and power in the institution.

Women around the country are running in - and winning - elections at an unprecedented rate. It appears that women are on a steady march toward equal representation across state legislatures and the US Congress, but there is a sharp divide in this representation along party lines. Most of the women in office are Democrats, and the number of elected Republican women has been plunging for decades. In The Partisan Gap, Elder examines why this disparity in women's representation exists and why it's only going to get worse.