lesson learned : women , money , and politics in the 2010 election cycle .
it is telling that women ’s political giving .
the report , released tuesday by she should run ( ssr ) and the center for responsive politics ( crp ) , found that women represented just 26 percent of the total given to candidates , political action committees ( pacs ) and party committees in 2010 , down from 31 percent in 2008 and 27 percent in 2006 .
in 2010 , our nation experienced the first backslide in electing more women to office in over 30 years .
the report reveals that in 2010 , women made up just 26 % of recorded federal political contributions to candidates , political action committees ( pacs ) , and party committees .
a new report on political donation reveal that women lag significantly behind their male counterparts when it comes to opening their wallets for politicians and political causes .
our nation can not afford these declines , given that apparently it is still a man ’s world when it comes to donating to political campaigns .
while women ’s votes have been critical in deciding federal elections since the 1980 ’s , women still face significant barriers towards realizing equality in politics and public life .
in the same year , it also experienced a decrease in women ’s political giving , after securing very marginal increases in past elections .