In your own words, identify at least three (3) significant barriers facing women in the electoral process.

In your own words, identify at least three (3) significant barriers facing women in the electoral process.
Why do they remain a barrier to the office for women? Identify the political and/or legislative styles which are employed to restrict women’s participation in the electoral process.
Remember to use at least two (2) course sources (and cite them correctly) in your answer.
You are required to not repeat the questions in your essay. It provides an artificially high plagiarism report. Your essay is submitted to Turnitin, a plagiarism detection software program. Therefore, be sure all your work outside directly quoted material is original.
You are required to not repeat the questions in your essay. It provides an artificially high plagiarism report. Your essay is submitted to Turnitin, a plagiarism detection software program. Therefore, be sure all your work outside directly quoted material is original.
You are required to properly cite your sources with an in-text citation (author, year of publication, page number if available and paragraph count if not) AND a full reference.
You are required to limit your use of direct quotes to one (1) per question. All other information taken from a source must be paraphrased and properly cited.

POL3338 Exams
Criteria Ratings
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Content
EXEMPLARY
The essays illustrate exemplary understanding of the course material by thoroughly and correctly: (1) addressing the relevant content; (2) identifying and explaining all of the key concepts/ideas; (3) using correct terminology; (4) explaining the reasoning behind key points/claims; and (5) (where necessary or useful) substantiating points with several accurate and original examples.
ACCOMPLISHED
The essays illustrate a solid understanding of the course material by correctly: (1) addressing most of the relevant content; (2) identifying and explaining most of the key concepts/ideas; (3) using correct terminology; (4) explaining the reasoning behind most of the key points/claims; and (5) (where necessary or useful) substantiating some points with accurate examples
DEVELOPING
The essays illustrate rudimentary understanding of the course material by (1) mentioning, but not fully explaining, the relevant content; (2) identifying some of the key concepts/ideas (though failing to fully or accurately explain many of them); (3) using terminology, though sometimes inaccurately or inappropriately; and (4) incorporating some key claims/points, but failing to explain the reasoning behind them (or doing so inaccurately).
UNSATISFACTORY-BEGINNING
The essays illustrate poor understanding of the course material by (1) failing to address or incorrectly addressing the relevant content; (2) failing to identify or inaccurately explaining/defining key concepts/ideas; (3) ignoring or incorrectly explaining key points/claims and the reasoning behind them; and (4) incorrectly or inappropriately using terminology.
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Reasoning
EXEMPLARY
The essays reflect expert reasoning by: (1) synthesizing material; (2) making connections between relevant ideas/claims/points; (3) presenting an insightful and thorough evaluation of the relevant issue or problem; (4) identifying and discussing important nuances in the relevant material; and (5) identifying and discussing key assumptions and/or implications.
ACCOMPLISHED
The essays reflect fairly strong reasoning by: (1) synthesizing material, (2) making appropriate connections between some of the key ideas/claims/points; (3) accurately evaluating the issue/problem; and (4) identifying ad discussing key assumptions and/or implications.
DEVELOPING
The essays reflect basic reasoning by: (1) synthesizing some of the material, though remains vague and undeveloped; (2) making a few connections between ideas/claims/points, but ignoring or inaccurately connecting others; (3) evaluating the issue/problem at a very basic/superficial level; and (4) ignoring assumptions and implications.
UNSATISFACTORY-BEGINNING
The essays reflect substandard or poor reasoning by: (1) failing to synthesize the material or doing so inaccurately; (2) failing to make connections between ideas/claims/points or doing so inaccurately; and (3) failing to evaluate the issue or problem.
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Writing
EXEMPLARY
The essays are clear and concise as a result of (1) appropriate and precise use of terminology; (2) absence of tangents and coherence of thoughts; and (3) logical organization of ideas and thoughts.
ACCOMPLISHED
The essays are mostly clear as a result of (1) appropriate use of terminology and minimal vagueness; (2) minimal number of tangents and lack of repetition; and (3) fairly good organization
DEVELOPING
The essays are often unclear and difficult to follow due to: (1) some inappropriate terminology and/or vague language; (2) ideas sometimes being fragmented, wondering, and/or repetitive; and (3) poor organization.
UNSATISFACTORY-BEGINNING
The essays do not communicate ideas/points clearly due to: (1) inappropriate use of terminology and vague language; (2) reliance on disjointed and incomprehensible thoughts and clauses; and (3) lack of recognizable organization.
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