joining me from sacramento is manny romero. the founder and director of the center for inclusive democracy at the university of southern california. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> earning tothe right vote did not necessarily mean it was easy to vote. especially women of color. can you descri the hardships that women face a early years? st because we have the right to vote doesn't an it was a done deal. so women still facequite a significant pushback from society. really strongly discouging them vote. women felt it wasn't appropriate. to participe at the ballot course women of color african american women did not have access. not for very long time. >> so right now women hold 24% n of their na elected office. doe quality mean getting to 50%? >> i think that is part of the quality. numbers matter. having representation matters. but it's also the quality of the representation. and i ifn't mean spally te credentials of the candidate. but that you want women to be elected. you want 50% onrepresentaut you al

. >> manny romero with university southern california. thank you for joining us on the show tonight. you can find more of our coverage@kqed.com/the kqed newsroom. you can reach me on twitter, facebook and instagram at you can reach me on twitter, st facebook and ram@ericleeclemens.com. for all of us here thank you for watching and good night. ♪ >> democrats unite and sound a warning. a virtual convention concludes with urgency. >> all elections are important. .e know in our bones this one is more consequenti senator harris: donald trump's failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods. president obama: good evening, everybody. >> and a plea from a former president. president: oban't let them take away our democracy. senator sanders: nero fiddled while rome burns. trump golfs. president trump: the only way they are going to win i b