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"We see that even in a political environment that it further removes women from feeling like they have a voice in the issues," Edwards says. "It matters for public involvement in issues. It’s difficult for women to feel like this is a relevant place for their voice to be heard when there is not a real presence by women on the Hill."
Dan Harrie contributed to this report.
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Gender gap between the parties
Utah isn’t alone in seeing women making far greater gains in the Democratic Party than in the GOP.
Of the 1,783 women state legislators across the nation, 63.6 percent are Democrats, 35.6 percent are Republicans (there are a handful of third-party and nonpartisan members), according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
In the U.S. Congress, a record 97 women now serve in the 535-member body. Democratic women outnumber Republican women by more than 3 to 1, according to Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics.
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