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Gadarian talks about negative political ads on Spectrum News

"One of the things we know about negative ads is they have more policy information than positive ads which tend to be more about the candidate's background," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.

November 1, 2018

Stonecash quoted in Politico article on divide in the Democratic Party

The highly educated, richer professionals of the Democratic Party "are aware they are building barriers around who succeeds and who doesn’t," says Jeffrey Stonecash, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science. "A lot of people disparage all of this, but a lot of white guilt is built around the fact that the world can be unfair."

October 31, 2018

Elizabeth Cohen defines sanctuary areas in PolitiFact article

Elizabeth Cohen was interviewed for the PolitiFact article "Senate Leadership Fund distorts Heidi Heitkamp's record on immigration." According to Cohen, "The one common theme to sanctuary areas is not that they release criminals onto the streets, but that they will not do the work that is the responsibility of the federal enforcement agencies."
October 22, 2018

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