This paper analyzes data from the Islamic Social Attitudes Survey (ISAS) 2007 of 1100 Kuwaiti College students’ attitudes towards women’s political leadership after women were granted the right to vote and run for parliament in 2005 along with an update of student perspectives in 2013. No women won parliamentary seats in the first election of 2006, but since 2007 a handful of women have won and lost seats in parliament, and even more have served as government ministers and proposed important legislation. We use the results of the 2007 and 2013 data to understand the link between youth perceptions of the compatibility of Islamic values and women’s entry into politics in Kuwait and note any changes over time. Much has been made of women’s political participation in Kuwait, a majority Muslim country, since women were given their political rights in 2005. While previously Kuwaiti women’s rights and roles were written as mostly relegated to protected, often private, spaces (Tetreault 1993), scholars have noted the way that women’s entry into politics has afforded new avenues for political and institutional discussions, particularly regarding government transparency, accountability, fighting corruption, and reform of personal status laws, since women have entered the legislative arena as voters, lobbyists, parliamentarians, and government ministers (Al-Sabah 2013). The Kuwaiti case is one of great value to the study of women and politics. While women have had access to university education in Kuwait since the country’s founding in 1961, women were only granted the right to vote and run for parliament in 2005. Since then, only a handful of women have been elected to office, incrementally initiating legislation that will equalize rights for women and men in the majority Muslim country, such as legalizing women’s ability to obtain passports without male permission. In our study, we assess the role of Kuwaiti young adults and their perceptions of women’s political leadership as well as their levels and methods of political engagement. Few studies of women’s increasing political participation in the Arab Gulf have used empirical methodology to evaluate the impact of women’s increasing political participation and its broader effects on society. The role of youth in particular is one of increasing sociological importance. Several recent surveys on youth attitudes and perceptions reveal the extent to which the future of the Middle East will be determined by the inter-generational transfer of values with respect to politics, religion, and gender roles.