Filtered by: U.S. Elections
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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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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Reeher Shares Thoughts on DNC Making South Carolina the First Presidential Primary State
"With a large field, that could help the one most progressive (or socialist) candidate emerge with a plurality," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
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Reeher Quoted in Newsweek Article on Sec. Marco Rubio Making Significant Gains in New 2028 Poll
“Rubio’s surge doesn’t surprise me. He has been more in the news lately, given the U.S. international posture, and he has managed to sound reasonable and grounded, in contrast to the defense secretary, for instance,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
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Reeher Discusses Graham Platner, Impact on on Midterm Elections in Newsweek Article
“The situation certainly makes it much harder for any replacement to defeat Collins, and therefore it makes it one seat harder to retake the Senate,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
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Reeher Weighs Discusses the Erosion of President Trump’s Approval Ratings in Newsweek Articles
“The overall erosion in the president’s approval ratings is still the consequence of the accumulation of many policies, orders, actions and statements during his term. There is no one reason or single inflection point. Certainly, the war in Iran and the quick, steep rise in gasoline prices have only added to the longer term trend,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
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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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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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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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Reeher Shares Thoughts on Trump and Mamdani Meeting with AFP, LiveNOW from FOX
Ahead of the meeting between incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump, Grant Reeher, professor of political science, tells Agence France Presse: “Look for the outcome of that meeting to be something to the effect of, ‘I think I can work with (him)—but we will see how it goes and I’m hopeful—we both want the city to succeed’.”
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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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Faricy Quoted in Frankfurter Rundschau Article on Trump, US Economy
In order to persuade Trump's loyal MAGA camp to critically question the economy, the country would have to fall into a deep, prolonged recession, according to Christopher Faricy, associate professor of political science. In addition, there is a need for “more uniform reporting” in the media, which attributes the economic crisis to Trump's policies, he says.
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Reeher Speaks With AFP, The Guardian, The Hill and Newsweek About Mamdani’s Win in NYC
“Mamdani’s got to get his ideas realized in policy, and New York is notoriously difficult to govern. It’s arguably the second hardest political job in the United States, after the president. So whatever he’s able to accomplish, it won’t be easy,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
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McDowell Discusses His Research on Immigrants’ Partisan Preferences in PsyPost Article
“Immigration attitudes are not immune to strategic electoral thinking and hyper-partisanship,” says Daniel McDowell, Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of International Affairs. “For many Americans, our study shows that the desirability of immigration depends not just on cultural or economic factors, but also whether voters believe migrants have the same partisan preferences that that they do.”
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Pete Buttigieg Driven by ‘Propulsion’—Not ‘Despondency’
The former U.S. Secretary of Transportation joined Professor Jay Golden for a capacity event that covered environmental issues, leadership, democracy and more.
Brockway’s “The Shadow Gospel” Reviewed in the Los Angeles Review of Books
“This is a transcendent, boundary-breaking work about ‘the need to recognize, decode, and resist demonological messages,’” says Peter B. Kaufman, associate director of development at MIT Open Learning.
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