The political arena, where historically women in the United States have been under-represented, provides an important laboratory for examining leadership and gender via the candidacy of now Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton, who in 2008 was the first woman to run competitively for the Democratic presidential nomination. This study sought to better understand if young women differed in their levels of perceived information about and interest in such an election, and if such perceptions influenced their political knowledge, interest, and engagement. For this study, the authors drew from Campbell and Wolbrecht's theory of a "role model effect," which proposes that the presence of "visible female role models" increases the likelihood that young women will indicate higher levels of political involvement, which includes both attitudes toward politics and behaviors leading toward political engagement. (Contains 3 tables and 3 endnotes.)