News Articles

Laurel Elder, Steven Greene, and Mary-Kate Lizotte. Confusion over how pregnancy dates are measured is widespread — and makes for uninformed debate over abortion limits. The Conversation. May 14, 2024. Also appeared on CNN.

Laurel Elder. “Just over 1 in 4 Members of Congress in 2023 will be Women—At This Rate, It Will Take 118 Years Until There Is Gender Parity.” The Conversation. January 2, 2023.

Laurel Elder, Steven Greene, and Mary-Kate Lizotte. 2022. “Abortion Might Help Democrats in the Midterms in Two Major Ways.” The Guardian. November 4, 2022.

Laurel Elder. “Why Aren’t There More Republican Women in Congress?” The Washington Post. August 12, 2021.

Laurel Elder and Steven Greene. “You’re Not Imaging It–Three Ways Covid has been Extra Hard on American Parents.” The Conversation. April 16, 2021.

Laurel Elder and Steven Greene. “Marijuana Legalization–a Rare Issue Where Women are More Conservative than Men.” The Conversation. April 16, 2019.

Laurel Elder and Steven Greene. “Why Men Support Marijuana Legalization More than Women Do.” The Washington Post. December 21, 2018.

Laurel Elder, Brian Frederick and Barbara Burrell. “Why Melania Trump Isn’t as Popular as Laura Bush or Michelle Obama.” The Washington Post. June 15, 2018.

Laurel Elder and Steven Greene. “Is Fatherhood Political?” The Washington Post. June 16, 2016.

Laurel Elder and Steven Greene. “Politicians Love to Talk about Family, But Maybe Not Yours.” The Washington Post. B1. September 9, 2012.

Interviews & Podcasts

WAMC Northeast Public Radio The Roundtable panelist, March 20, 2024

A Conversation with David Axelrod about the 2022 Midterms, Polarization, and Hope. Hartwick College, October 20, 2022.

Parenthood and Politics in the Pandemic. The Delve Podcast. April 25, 2021.

Public Opinion and Presidential Candidate Spouses. Academic Minute. March 26, 2019.

Parenthood and Politics. The Measure of Everyday Life, a weekly public radio program. June 12, 2019.

Presidential Candidate Spouses. The Capitol Pressroom. July 19, 2018.

National Media Coverage Of Laurel Elder’s Research

An Abundance of Johns. A Shortage of GOP Women. Sophie Gardner. Politico. March 22, 2024.

Haley’s Exit from the GOP Race Pushes off—again—the Day Americans Could Elect a Woman President. Laurie Kellman. Associated Press. March 6, 2024.

Nikki Haley struggles to win Republican women as they stick with Donald Trump before 2024. Savannah Kuchar. USA Today. December 20, 2023.

Ron DeSantis Wants to Win Over Parents — But He’s Focusing on the Wrong Issues. Fivethirtyeight.com August 11, 2023.

Michelle Obama, En Toute Liberte. Alexis Buisson. Tribune de Genève. November 20, 2022.

Is this When Democrats Finally Learn How to Message. Michael Sokolove. The New Republic. September 15, 2022.

A Vanishing Word in the Abortion Debate: ‘Women’. Michael Powell. The New York Times. June 9, 2022.

The Gender Gap is Taking Us to Unexpected Places. Thomas Edsall.  The New York Times. January 12, 2022.

The Primal Scream: Three American Mothers, On the Brink. Jessica Bennett. The New York Times. February 4, 2021.

Kamala Harris Will Make History, So Will Her ‘Big Blended Family’. Jessica Bennett. The New York Times. January 17, 2021.

Why Can’t Republicans Elect Women? Grace Gedye. Washington Monthly. July/August, 2020.

Please Welcome the Next President of the United States and her Handsome Husband. Mini Racker. National Journal. March 22, 2019.

Conservative Men are Obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio–Cortez: Science Tells Us Why. Laura Bassett. The Huffington Post. January 11, 2019.

Americans Love Families. American Policies Don’t. Emily Badger and Claire Cain Miller. The New York Times. June 24, 2018.

Why The Republican Party Elects So Few Women. Perry Bacon. FiveThirtyEight. June 25, 2018.

Why We Don’t Know How Much Sexism is Hurting Clinton’s Campaign. Maggie Koerth–Baker. FiveThirtyEight. June 25, 2018.

Boomer Grannies: Soccer Moms 2.0. Tanya Basu. The Atlantic. February 19, 2015.

The Marriage Cure. Rachel Cohen. American Prospect. May 7, 2015.

GOP Women: A Minority in a Minority. Erika Lovely. Politico. May 10, 2009.

Study: Women Lawmakers Best Men. Erika Lovely. Politico. September 15, 2009.

Why Does Fatherhood Make Men More Conservative? Andrew Leonard. Salon.com. September 9, 2009.