6684.3	Assessment
Research Question (Clear, unambiguous)	"To what extent has the increase in female representation and leadership in government and industry contributed to the rise of right-wing populism in the US?"  This is a worthy but really very difficult question.  There is a tradition of considering how improvements in women's status can induce backlash.  Because such backlash occurs over time in the midst not only of improvement's in women's status, but overall increased acceptance and approval of those changes, identifying backlash as a causal outcome is rather tricky.
Relevant Literature	The materials mentioned are relevant, but you would need to look at the larger literature on backlash against increased gender equality, and backlash against other analogous changes (such as improvements in minority rights and status).
Causal Interpretations (clear, all parts defined, mechanisms, controls, plausible)	Neither type of causal interpretation offered allows for very effective research.  Changes in opinions from polls as a result of specific events, such as Clinton's nomination, tend to be temporary and not really meaningful.   Because they are fleeting, they cannot be distinguished from salience effects and the like.  The second type of causal relationship mentioned, where people's attitudes about one opinion (such as populist sentiment) affect their attitudes about another (such as women's place) have little meaning.  Opinions of this sort are not independent characteristics located in separate parts of our brains, rather they are interrelated interpretations we construct in a moment.
Data (variables, sample, comparison)	It is not obvious how this data can be used to address the research question in a rigorous manner.
Research Value	Understanding what determines people's opinions and political allegiances is certainly important.  It is not clear how this project will help us do that.
Overall	A good area of research concern, but, as yet, not a project outline that seems headed anywhere productive.