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Barton Quoted in NOTUS Article on Election Deniers Controlling Elections in Three Swing States
“Over the last few years, election denialism has become something of a litmus test within the Republican Party,” says Richard Barton, assistant teaching professor of public administration and international affairs.
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Barton Featured in NY Times Article on Liabilities Surrounding the Democratic Socialists of America
“There is some support for the claim that ideologues can more effectively mobilize the base and activate new voters, but they are also more effective at mobilizing opposition,” says Richard Barton, assistant teaching professor of public administration and international affairs.
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Maxwell Faculty Scholarship Takes the Spotlight on The Academic Minute
Five Syracuse faculty, including Maxwell professors Ryan Griffiths and Colleen Heflin, share findings on food policy, AI, architecture, political science and marine biology on the nationally broadcast program “The Academic Minute.”
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Reeher Quoted in Gothamist Article on Bruce Blakeman’s Run for NY Governor, Use of Trump Playbook
Bruce Blakeman should concentrate on pocketbook issues that could appeal to independent voters, says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
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A Global Scale of Economic Left–Right Party Positions:
The article, co-authored by Professor and Chair of Political Science Seth Jolly, was published in the Journal of Politics.
Griffiths Discusses His Book ‘The Disunited States’ on Prof James Ker-Lindsay Podcast
“If leaders come in and they seem to be particularly partisan...if they really lean into that partisanship and they begin to forget their larger purpose is that ‘I represent all Americans and not just my party’ then that creates that pendulum effect and it keeps energizing both sides and that's very dangerous,” says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science.
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Griffiths Quoted in New York Times Article on Secession and Movements to Redraw State Lines
Separatism is “in the zeitgeist,” says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science and author of The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work (Oxford University Press, 2025).
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Partisanship, Party Systems, and Understandings of Democracy Across Africa
Authored by Associate Professor of Political Science Erin Hern, the article was published in Party Politics.
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Barton Research on Bipartisan Primaries Featured in New York Times Article
Richard Barton, assistant teaching professor of public administration and international affairs, analyzed 14 metrics and found that states with nonpartisan primaries had seen “statistically significant improvements” in nine of them—even when accounting for other factors.
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Do Democrats Still Need to Campaign on Climate Change? Huber Discusses in the New York Times
Policies such as public investments in infrastructure like housing and electricity will help address climate change, says Matt Huber, professor of geography and the environment. But there is little reason for politicians to focus on the issue anymore, he says.
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Partisanship, Deservingness, and the Attitudinal Policy Feedback Process for Social Policy
The article, co-authored by associate professor of political science Chris Faricy, was published in Policy Studies Journal.
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Tina Nabatchi Receives National Award for Co-Edited Book on Public Administration
ASPA recognizes Pathways to Positive Public Administration for its lasting contribution to the field.
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Dunaway Quoted in Bloomberg Article on Political Independents and Partisanship
“Because the parties are weaker, when candidates run, they don't anymore try to please the party and to stay in good graces with the party, because the party can't give them as much as they used to in terms of helping of helping forward their political careers,” says Johanna Dunaway, professor of political science and research director of the Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship.
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Political Climate’s Role in Association Between Political Conservatism, COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
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Griffiths Quoted in Newsweek Article on Growing Support in Some States for Seceding from the US
“The key factor driving this interest in secession is polarization. Whether it is the Red-State secessionists, the BlueExiters, the California Independence Party or the Texas Nationalists, they all point to unstoppable polarization and political dysfunction as the reason secession is necessary,” says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science.
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Ekbia Weighs In on the Rise in Election-Related Activities of Big Tech Companies in CNN Article
“The recent surge in election-related activities of big tech companies such as Palantir and OpenAI can be understood as preemptive measures against potential fallouts from the election,” says University professor Hamid Ekbia. “Palantir, in specific, is in a vulnerable position because of recent revelations about its heavy involvement with ICE activities.”
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Reforming Primary Elections: Voters, Campaigns, and the Future of Congressional Politics
Maxwell School alumnus and Assistant Teaching Professor Richard Barton ’15 M.A. (PSc) has co-edited a book that examines how primary elections have changed over the past decade and why they often yield extreme or unpopular candidates.
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Brockway Weighs In on Response to Renee Good’s Death in HuffPost Article
“This is not ideological conservatives versus ideological liberals. This is not even Democrats versus Republicans,” says Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science. “What it is is something much, much more unwieldy and difficult to understand.”
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Gadarian Speaks With The Cincinnati Enquirer About 2028 Presidential Bids
“There are just so many things that have happened in the last six months in this presidential administration that to think that we know what the issues will be in 2028 and who the players will be—I think it's just asking too much,” says Shana Gadarian, Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking.
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Inflation and Incumbent Support: Experimental Evidence from the 2024 US Presidential Election
Co-authored by Professor of Political Science Daniel McDowell, the study was published in the British Journal of Political Science.
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