{
  "id": 15898512,
  "title": "Why the political ambition gap between men and women persists even at the local level",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/why-the-political-ambition-gap-between-men-and-women-persists-even-at",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-21T12:45:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Conversation",
    "slug": "the-conversation",
    "url": "https://theconversation.com/why-the-political-ambition-gap-between-men-and-women-persists-even-at-the-local-level-292967"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Women are less ambitious for local office than men, mirroring an ambition gap that exists at the state and federal level, too. A group of scholars documented this gap and investigated why it exists.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}