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Reeher Discusses the Biden-Trump Debate with AFP, The Globe and Mail, The Hill and Newsweek
“Trump seemed to bring almost every issue back to immigration and the harms he asserted were coming from that—that was obviously one of his main strategies. President Biden seemed to address different policy questions more in their own terms. He talked fast and in a staccato, hoarse whisper,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
See related: Congress, Federal, New York State, Political Parties, State & Local, U.S. Elections, United States
IDJC Launches New Poll With Ipsos That Tracks Attitudes Toward Civic Engagement, Democracy
Initial findings found that Republicans were more invested in watching the first presidential debate between President Biden and former President Trump than Democrats or independents.
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Jackson Speaks with Bloomberg and NPR About Young Voters’ Outlooks on the 2024 Election
In our most recent GenForward poll, “what they actually said [was most important to them] was income inequality and economic growth. It seems that what we saw four years ago has really shifted for young voters and they're more concerned now with how they're going to have economic longevity,” says Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science.
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Golden Article on the Implications of EVs on State Budgets Published in Governing
See related: Infrastructure, State & Local, Taxation, United States
O’Keefe Talks About the Need for Civil Service System Reform in Washington Post Article
“We think the current civil service system is badly in need of reform. But the blueprints offered by both left and right are problematic. One side is firmly rooted in a status quo that (inadvertently or otherwise) impedes accountability, and the other could end up politicizing the very civil servants who should be politically neutral,” writes University Professor Sean O'Keefe and his co-authors.
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White Comments on Kari Lake Campaigning Under a Confederate Flag in Arizona Republic Article
“As a candidate, she’s not someone who’s really made an effort to go to the center. She’s really tied more to the Trump style of right-wing politics," says Steven White, associate professor of political science. "My sense is this kind of thing helps her appeal to a certain part of the base maybe, but probably is not great for swing voters.”
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McCormick Talks to NewsNation About Mexico’s New President, Ability to Deal With Drug Cartels
“When she [Claudia Sheinbaum] comes in, she is inheriting this mess, but she doesn’t necessarily have the charisma that (López Obrador) does,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations. “So it’s going to be a tall ask.”
See related: Crime & Violence, Government, Latin America & the Caribbean, National Security
Fairchild Receives Mellon Foundation Grant for Project Focused on Pandemic Backlash, Public Health
The educational and research resource will create “new, urgently needed, accessible opportunities for the humanities to speak to public health and broaden access to humanities higher learning opportunities,” says Professor Amy Fairchild, who is principal investigator (PI).
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Taylor Discusses the Impact of Ukraine Using Western Weapons Against Russia With Fox News, La Presse
Brian Taylor, professor of political science, says that the authorization given by the U.S. and Germany to Ukrainian strikes on Russian soil with weapons they supply could have an impact on the balance of power on Ukrainian territory.
See related: Conflict, Europe, Government, International Agreements, NATO, Russia, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. National Security, United States
Misunderstanding the Harms of Online Misinformation
“Misunderstanding the Harms of Online Misinformation,” co-authored by Assistant Professor of Political Science Emily Thorson, was published in Nature.
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