President Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk in the inauguration parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on Jan. 20, 2017. Let’s start with an actual report card. Freshman presidencies are often notoriously difficult, but Trump’s record still stood out. Those battleground will be heavily contested by what look to be record numbers of female candidates, most of whom will run as Democrats, the Monkey Cage’s Danny Hayes noted. Many of them say they were inspired by last year’s Women’s Marches, which the Monkey Cage’s Erica Chenoweth and Jeremy Pressman started counting with their Crowd Counting Consortium project; they have continued doing so since.

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2018 10:03 UTC