Table 1.1

How the States Measure Up: Women’s Status on the Political Participation Composite Index and Its Components

Composite Index

Women in Elected Office Index

Percent of Women Registered to Vote, 2010/2012 Average

Percent of Women Who Voted, 2010/ 2012 Average

Women’s Institutional Resources Index

State

Score

Rank

Grade

Score

Rank

Percent

Rank

Percent

Rank

Score

Rank

Alabama

–4.15

41

D–

1.28

43

68.8%

22

52.9%

28

1.00

25

Alaska

–1.75

33

D

1.95

29

67.0%

26

52.7%

29

0.50

36

Arizona

1.79

14

C

2.73

9

59.3%

46

46.8%

43

1.50

11

Arkansas

–5.93

47

F

1.51

38

62.8%

41

46.2%

44

0.50

36

California

4.84

8

C+

3.38

3

53.8%

50

44.7%

50

2.00

1

Colorado

0.77

19

C–

2.22

18

67.2%

25

59.1%

8

0.50

36

Connecticut

2.32

12

C

2.60

10

65.0%

34

53.2%

27

1.00

25

Delaware

–1.28

30

D+

1.72

33

67.3%

24

57.6%

15

1.00

25

District of Columbia

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

69.9%

17

57.2%

18

1.00

25

Florida

–0.93

27

D+

2.00

27

60.0%

44

48.0%

39

2.00

1

Georgia

–5.18

44

D–

1.01

49

63.4%

38

50.8%

33

2.00

1

Hawaii

1.22

17

C–

2.89

8

52.3%

51

45.1%

49

1.50

11

Idaho

–3.71

40

D–

1.64

37

63.9%

36

54.0%

23

0.50

36

Illinois

–0.86

26

D+

2.23

17

65.9%

32

50.5%

35

0.50

36

Indiana

0.17

20

C–

2.20

20

65.2%

33

48.1%

38

1.50

11

Iowa

2.90

9

C

2.07

22

73.3%

8

60.2%

5

1.50

11

Kansas

–1.54

32

D

1.70

35

69.8%

18

54.1%

22

1.00

25

Kentucky

–2.77

36

D

1.13

46

71.0%

13

53.6%

26

2.00

1

Louisiana

–5.55

46

D–

0.58

50

76.9%

2

58.7%

10

1.00

25

Maine

9.09

3

B

3.15

4

76.8%

3

64.3%

2

1.00

25

Maryland

1.16

18

C–

2.32

15

63.3%

39

52.1%

30

1.50

11

Massachusetts

7.82

5

B–

3.03

6

69.7%

19

57.4%

16

2.00

1

Michigan

1.74

15

C

2.01

26

73.0%

9

55.7%

19

1.50

11

Minnesota

9.86

2

B

3.12

5

73.6%

7

63.0%

4

2.00

1

Mississippi

–1.21

28

D+

1.29

42

80.8%

1

63.3%

3

0.50

36

Missouri

2.37

11

C

2.04

24

71.9%

11

54.6%

21

2.00

1

Montana

2.80

10

C

2.58

11

68.9%

21

58.1%

14

0.50

36

Nebraska

–2.81

37

D

1.93

30

64.9%

35

49.4%

37

0.50

36

Nevada

–4.46

42

D–

2.02

25

56.2%

49

45.4%

46

0.50

36

New Hampshire

14.40

1

B+

4.58

1

70.1%

16

57.3%

17

1.00

25

New Jersey

–1.49

31

D

1.85

31

61.9%

42

47.3%

40

2.00

1

New Mexico

–0.07

23

C–

2.26

16

59.9%

45

49.8%

36

1.50

11

New York

–0.06

22

C–

2.41

12

59.2%

47

45.8%

45

1.50

11

North Carolina

1.59

16

C–

2.07

22

70.6%

14

55.1%

20

1.50

11

North Dakota

0.16

21

C–

2.09

21

73.7%

6

58.2%

13

0.00

51

Ohio

–1.21

28

D+

1.66

36

68.4%

23

53.8%

25

1.50

11

Oklahoma

–2.76

35

D

1.72

33

63.7%

37

47.2%

41

1.50

11

Oregon

6.82

6

B–

2.91

7

70.4%

15

59.8%

6

1.50

11

Pennsylvania

–5.29

45

D–

1.02

48

66.9%

27

51.4%

32

1.50

11

Rhode Island

–0.14

24

D+

2.34

14

66.4%

30

50.8%

33

0.50

36

South Carolina

–3.09

39

D–

1.20

44

71.7%

12

59.0%

9

1.00

25

South Dakota

–0.75

25

D+

1.79

32

72.2%

10

58.6%

11

0.50

36

Tennessee

–3.01

38

D–

1.45

39

66.1%

31

46.9%

42

2.00

1

Texas

–6.22

49

F

1.30

41

57.8%

48

40.9%

51

2.00

1

Utah

–8.12

50

F

1.20

44

60.4%

43

45.4%

46

0.50

36

Vermont

1.97

13

C

2.22

18

74.2%

5

59.2%

7

0.50

36

Virginia

–4.67

43

D–

1.12

47

66.7%

28

52.1%

30

1.50

11

Washington

8.35

4

B

3.45

2

69.0%

20

58.4%

12

1.00

25

West Virginia

–6.08

48

F

1.39

40

66.5%

29

45.4%

46

0.50

36

Wisconsin

4.90

7

C+

2.41

12

74.9%

4

64.8%

1

1.00

25

Wyoming

–1.97

34

D

1.99

28

63.1%

40

54.0%

23

0.50

36

United States

2.04

64.3%

50.6%

1.00

(median)

Notes: N/A: The District of Columbia is not included in the women in elected office index and Composite Index rankings. Data on voter registration and turnout include all women aged 18 and older who reported registering to vote and voting. See Appendix A1 for methodology and sources.

Calculated by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.