The 2018 House midterm elections were notable for the number of female candidates who ran and for the extraordinary sums of campaign funds these candidates raised. Both were fueled by the women’s marches of 2017 and 2018, the #MeToo movement, and intense opposition to Trump (Adkins and Dulio 2020; Herrnson et al. 2020; Jacobson 2019). In this paper, we explore the intersection of these two phenomena. We show that non-incumbent Democrats, particularly women, running in U.S. House races in 2018 were especially successful raising small donations. Examining preliminary data for the 2019–20 cycle, we then show that the new Democratic freshmen elected in 2018—now incumbents—have sustained their small-dollar fundraising efforts, with women again outpacing men. We conclude by discussing the extent to which heightened reliance on small donations may mark a durable shift in fundraising practices and if so, how such a shift might impact the future politics of the House.

中文翻译：

---

性别和小额捐款：在2020年选举中由2018年民主新生类别筹集资金

2018年众议院中期选举值得注意的是竞选的女性候选人数量以及这些候选人筹集的非凡的竞选资金。两者都受到2017年和2018年妇女游行，＃MeToo运动以及对特朗普的强烈反对的推动（Adkins和Dulio 2020; Herrnson等2020; Jacobson 2019）。在本文中，我们探索了这两种现象的交集。我们显示，在2018年美国众议院竞选中参加竞选的非现任民主党人，尤其是女性，在筹集少量捐款方面尤为成功。检查初步数据为2019-20周期，我们则表明，在当选新民主党新生2018-现在任职，有持续的小美元筹款活动，妇女再次超过了男性。