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Programs
The Political Opportunity Program (POP) was established in 2001 to encourage pro-choice Democratic women to run for state and local office. POP targets its resources toward pro-choice Democratic women running for state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and local offices.

Women Vote! (Added Section)
In 1995, EMILY's List began a program called Women Vote! in order to promote more women representation in voting. The program focuses on mobilizing women by airing TV advertisements, mailing advertisements, and reaching out to voters through online access. By targeting women who are 52% of voters, EMILY's List tries to impact women representation in office through a majority that can easily change the outcome of an election. Statistics on EMILY's List Website shows that in the 2016 election, 36 races were more mobilized due to the Women Vote! program reaching more voters than ever before.

The Impact Project (Added Section)
In 2012, EMILY's List announced a research archive called the Impact Project, explaining how people of America benefit from having Democratic women in government. In order to produce the information EMILY's List gathered data from national voting rates and created "Legislative Mapping" demonstrating the impact of ten issues (Child Safety, Access to Healthcare, Head Start Funding, Security and the Military, Economy, Minimum Wage, Equal Pay, Food Safety, Clean Air, Title IX) gaining more importance because women who believed in EMLIY's List were in office. The Impact Project provided a tool to people showing the positives of electing more women in the United States government offices as it can lead to a more democratic and a more forward-looking society.

Madam President[edit]
In 2013, EMILY's List announced its Madam President campaign, saying "There is a mandate for women’s leadership in this country. But we have yet to break through the final glass ceiling and put a woman at the top of the Democratic ticket and into the Presidency." Madam President now houses the former social media presences of Ready for Hillary PAC which did grassroots organizing in preparation for Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy.

Notable Women Endorsed by EMILY's List: Endorsements
EMILY’s List provides trainings, recruits women to run, and endorses and funds female political candidates. EMILY’s List is listed as an “important source of candidate support,” in a 2010 article in the Harvard International Review.

Candidates endorsed by EMILY's List include:

2018 Midterm Election EMILY's List Endorsed Candidates
In the 2018 election, EMILY's List endorsed 8 women for the Gubernatorial race, 12 for the Senate race, and 64 candidates for the House of Representatives.

Criticism[edit] (added last 2 paragraphs)
EMILY's List has received criticism from progressive groups and Democratic Congressional candidates, who say that the group is on the "wrong side of the political divide" by supporting ostensibly pro-choice female candidates, regardless of how conservative they are on economic issues, and sometimes endorsing female candidates who are less supportive of reproductive rights than a male opponent. Criticism has also been raised at EMILY's List for not endorsing pro-choice female candidates in primary elections. They would like to see EMILY's List expand its definition of "women's issues" to include economic issues like a higher minimum wage and expanded Social Security. Others have said that the group simply needs to focus its resources better, staying out of races where there is already an incumbent progressive Democrat and focus on other races instead.

Democrat Marcy Kaptur criticized EMILY's List for being too narrow in focus by emphasizing abortion rights over other progressive issues, such as the minimum wage, that also affect women.

EMILY'S List in the past has received some criticism from how much money they are accepting and where that money is going to as being a Political Action Committee or PAC. In Nick Hoffman's article Emily's List vs. FEC he discusses EMILY's List as a non-profit that has had trouble with the Federal Election Commission or FEC. Hoffman accuses EMILY's List of arguing with the FEC over how much money should be allowed to be given to campaigns. EMILY's List has been criticized for pushing the allowance of no limit on how much money can be donated to campaigns.

EMILY's List has also had criticism over exactly how much influence they have had in past elections. Rebecca J. Hannagan et al., article "Does an EMILY's List Endorsement Predict Electoral Success or Does EMILY Pick the Winners?" conducted research as to how much influence does EMILY's List have in a campaign. The research was set up to show exactly whether or not an endorsement got a candidate elected, did not get a candidate elected, or nothing happened. The research showed that the endorsement helped those who were mostly likely not to be endorsed, hurt candidates that people did not know whether or not they were going to be endorsed by EMILY's List, and did nothing for those who were expected to be endorsed in the first place. The article also analyzed the women's Political Action Committee that EMILY's List or "EList" has been an ally to the democratic party helping more and more democratic party candidates becoming the "grand dame" of Women's PACs.