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As the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to deliberate on same-sex marriage later this month, Prof. Geoffrey R. Stone, the 2015 Nora and Edward Ryerson Lecturer, will devote his talk to this contentious social and legal issue that could mark one of the high court’s most important rulings this year.
When the 114th U.S. Congress starts on Jan. 3 it will mark the first time since 1994 that Republicans hold majorities in both the House and Senate under a Democratic president. A presidential expert and two Congressional scholars predict what will happen this time around.
Researchers at the University of Rhode Island have analyzed almost 40 years of election data and relocation patterns around the United States and found that Americans are increasingly sorting themselves into politically homogeneous communities. But it hasn’t happened in the way they expected.
Election Day is difficult for many political candidates. But it’s no picnic for their supporters either. A new study co-authored by a researcher at Washington University in St. Louis shows just how tough election days can be. The study, co-authored by Lamar Pierce, PhD, associate professor of organization and strategy at Olin Business School, finds that winning elections barely improves the happiness of those from the winning political party.
Come Tuesday, Florida may find itself at the center of national attention once again as voters decide the winner in a closely contested governor’s race and the fate of a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana. Florida State’s nationally recognized experts are available to provide analysis and commentary on the election.
Results of the 16th annual Arkansas Poll show that likely voters prefer Republican candidates, although a record significant gap divides male and female voters.
With Election Day just around the corner, the American Sociological Association (ASA) has sociologists available to discuss election-related issues, including public opinion, the politics of fear, voting blocs, and campaign finance.
Foreign policy looms large as the 2014 midterm elections approach. But traditional conservatives and their tea party counterparts may bring different concerns and motivations to the November ballot, according to University of Washington political scientist Christopher Parker.
Iowa State University researchers developed a technique to determine if election results truly represent the “will of the people.” Their study of ballot data provides new evidence of the growing polarization of U.S. voters.
A new study published in Human Factors examines how smartphone-based voting systems can be incorporated into the current large-scale election process.
The Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a nonprofit group, improved voter registration and the accuracy of voter files in the seven participating states, according to a new report by RTI International.
The 15th annual Arkansas Poll, conducted during the federal shutdown, found residents of the state dramatically more pessimistic about the future while continuing the trend toward identifying as Republican-leaning Independents.
The study found that terrorist attacks motivate citizens to vote.
Regional politics didn’t change, so the parties did, University of Alabama at Birmingham professor says in a new book.
A political science professor is studying the importance given to social policies by current and former female governors. With 10 female candidates currently running for governor on major party tickets -- a record-tying number, the professor said little is known about female governor's policy initiatives which shape a state.
For stories about the 2010 midterm election, consider the following sources from The Johns Hopkins University.
The University of Michigan has experts available to discuss voting behavior, voting patterns, and other aspects of the coming midterm elections.
Political prognosticator James E. Campbell, professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo, predicts that the Democrats can expect to lose 51 seats in the House of Representatives in the November election, producing a Republican majority.
The 100-hour legislative effort by the new congress is not historic and portends little about future success. "We're already seeing some major fissures in the House leadership, particularly between the old bulls like John Dingell and Nancy Pelosi. The Democratic majority is not large enough that any truly radical or historical legislation is likely to make it through," says Andrew Smith, director of the UNH Survey Center.
If Democrats want to expand their House and Senate majorities, they need to protect new members who were elected from Republican-leaning districts while showing they can govern by passing a limited popular agenda, suggests Steven S. Smith, a congressional expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
Latino voters could play a deciding role in some midterm elections, says a Purdue University expert.
Andrew Smith, associate research professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire and director of the UNH Survey Center, is available to discuss the latest polling data that suggests that New Hampshire's two Republican congressmen may be in danger of losing their seats next Tuesday in the mid-term elections.