Texas Tech University professor Robert Ricketts, Frank M. Burke Chair in Taxation in the Rawls College of Business, says that taxes do not discourage job creation or investment in the economy, and that tax cuts do not increase revenues.
To help young people prepare to sort through the overwhelming flood of information that will soon pour forth from the media about the 2012 presidential campaign, a media literacy initiative at Ithaca College has published an update to its popular curriculum kit for teachers.
President Obama's fiscal commission, released proposals to reduce the growth of the national debt this week. Bradley Heim of Indiana University says the plan includes good ideas but may not be politically feasible.
Despite its divisiveness, health reform legislation did not play a major role in the midterm elections. “We are still a 50-50 country more or less on health reform,” says Timothy D. McBride, PhD, professor and associate dean for public health at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. “About half the country really dislikes the reform law, and those voters were likely to vote Republican in this election. But in all likelihood they would have done so anyway. Similarly, the other half that still favor the legislation would likely have voted for the Democrats anyway.”
University at Buffalo political scientists James Campbell, PhD, Joshua Dyck, PhD and James Coleman Battista, PhD, will be available to the media on Wednesday, November 3 for post-election commentary and analysis.
Analysts predict that the number of women in the U.S. Congress will decline for the first time in three decades. But the director of Iowa State University's Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, isn't so sure.
Former Gore chief of staff Charles W. Burson, JD, senior professor of practice at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, says that the midterm elections reflect a dramatic turn from the wave of aspiration that defined our politics in 2008 to the wave of grievance that defines these midterm elections. “The Tea Party movement is the embodiment of that phenomenon. In Missouri, this wave has put the seats of Democratic Congressmen Ike Skelton and Russ Carnahan at risk, but the same wave may have also put at risk the seat of Republican Representative Jo Ann Emerson.”
A Republican takeover of the House of Representatives in next week’s midterm elections may well give President Obama an opportunity to recast himself as a moderate statesman by the 2012 election, says Gettysburg College Political Science Professor Bruce Larson.
Iowa State University political scientist Dave Peterson and psychologist Zlatan Krizan have both studied voting behavior and they have ideas on the reasons behind the potential political shift among the American electorate in Tuesday's midterm election.
A survey of registered voters in Washington state shows incumbent Patty Murray four percentage points ahead of former state Sen. Dino Rossi in the race for U.S. Senate, down from 8 points two weeks ago.
GW experts are available to speak about the midterm elections.
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.
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has raised nearly 50 percent more money for his re-election campaign than his challenger, former Gov. Bob Ehrlich - who has relied more heavily on contributions from individuals and less on those from interest groups, according to a new report from the University of Maryland Center for American Politics and Citizenship.
Liberals may owe their political outlook partly to their genetic make-up, according to new research from the University of California, San Diego, and Harvard University. Ideology is affected not just by social factors, but also by a dopamine receptor gene called DRD4. The study’s authors say this is the first research to identify a specific gene that predisposes people to certain political views.
A Northern Michigan University political science professor is available to share his expertise with the media for Michigan election coverage.
Evidence is no match against the belief in false rumors concerning the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero in New York City, a new study finds.
The 12th annual Arkansas Poll finds Arkansans favoring John Boozman for senator by a substantial margin, concerned about the economy and supportive of existing tax cuts.
Truthy.indiana.edu, the website created by researchers at Indiana University Bloomington's School of Informatics and Computing to root out Twitter-based political astroturfing campaigns, is finding success.
Two elite blogs often post the most interesting political videos that are then picked up by top general-interest blogs.
The run-up to the midterm elections has produced many surprises, even in the state of Utah. Political experts at the U of U are available to shed light on a range of issues involving races in the state, the West and across the country.
American University professor says rally/march likely to draw traditionally less-active citizens into political discourse while appealing to moderates.
Many of the assumptions people have about black youth—that they are politically detached and negatively influenced by rap music and videos—are false stereotypes, according to a new study. Black youth say they are politically involved, critical of many messages in rap and skeptical of the idea that the country has entered a post-racial era.
In an era when ideologically based news programs are proliferating, media scholars and political observers have expressed concern that television programming may be polarizing American voters. But, according to research conducted by Temple political scientist Kevin Arceneaux, the increased availability of entertainment options in our media environment may be a bigger problem.
A panel of national experts and members of Congress, convened by the University of Maryland, will take the Tea Party’s temperature just ahead of the midterm elections, Wed. Oct. 20. The conference will feature experts from both sides of the spectrum, including current and former members of Congress, journalists, analysts and conservative leaders.
As the nation prepares for an important mid-term election, the University of Chicago is releasing results of a survey of attitudes among black, white and Hispanic young people.
Analysis by American U students finds young voters diverge from older voters in government size, other areas.
Former Chief of Staff to Laura Bush Anita McBride joins AU’s School of Public Affairs. McBride is available to discuss role of first lady, presidential transitions, and global health.
As the nation heads into the final days leading up to midterm elections, top faculty experts at the University of South Carolina are available to help national print and broadcast media develop stories and serve as sources.
Recent calls to cut Social Security benefits are grounded in misinformation and misunderstanding, says Merton C. Bernstein, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. “Cutting the program will lead to undiminished deficits, more poverty, less purchasing power, less business income and more unemployment.”
Secure World Foundation (SWF) has issued an Iranian Space Launch Capabilities Fact Sheet developed to shed light on the plans of Iran as a new space player and to help the international community understand their abilities.
American University, ranked by Princeton Review as the most politically active campus in the nation, has professors available to provide expertise and commentary on the mid-term elections, voter trends, party politics, and possible political changes for the coming year.
An experiment in online discussion platforms, the Living Voters Guide, brings Washington state voters together for a civil discussion on the ballot measures.
Astroturfers, Twitter-bombers and smear campaigners need beware this election season as a group of leading Indiana University information and computer scientists today unleashed Truthy.indiana.edu.
A study examining Americans’ interest in the rumor that Barack Obama is a Muslim shows that the mainstream media – particularly television – still influences the topics that engage the public.
The façade of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement is so deep that the House of Representatives recently passed legislation that will fail to accomplish its stated purpose – "to debar corporations committing FCPA violations from federal government contracts," says Butler University Business Law Professor Mike Koehler.
University of Iowa law professor David Orentlicher offers a unique suggestion to address voter disillusionment and frustration—adopt a two-person, multi-party presidency to ensure everybody's voice is heard in the White House.
Steven S. Smith, PhD, political science professor and parliamentary procedure expert testified Sept. 22 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration on proposed rule changes governing debate and cloture.
The Tea Party’s impact on politics this fall is not dissimilar to the movement that propelled President Barack Obama to the White House, according to Larry Butler, chair of Rowan University’s Department of Political Science.
Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" and Stephen Colbert's "March to Keep Fear Alive" offer the "perfect platform" for citizens frustrated by overheated political rhetoric, according to expert on the use of parody and satire in contemporary political debate.
The political tides are gravitating toward Republicans even though a quarter of Americans still blame former President George W. Bush for the state of the economy, the latest edition of the bipartisan POLITICO-George Washington University Battleground Poll found.
Traders on the University of Iowa's Iowa Electronic Markets punished the GOP after Tea Party-affiliated candidates won in key primary elections on Tuesday, giving a diminished likelihood to the possibility of a Republican takeover of the Senate in November.
An Indiana State University professor who has accurately predicted elections in 2006 and 2008, has forecasted that Republicans will gain control of 11 state legislative chambers in this year’s elections.
The University of Michigan has experts available to discuss voting behavior, voting patterns, and other aspects of the coming midterm elections.
Professor examines contemporary constitutional politics in the realm of land use, free exercise of religion and the imprisoned.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’ recently announced plan to cut nearly $100 billion from the defense budget over the next five years isn’t likely to be embraced by Congress as it looks ahead to the 2012 elections, according to a UAB study that examined U.S. data over a 44-year period.
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.
As American workers are faced with the “Great Recession” of the 21st century, how are they faring this Labor Day? What role might organized labor play, or not play, in the upcoming fall 2010 elections?
Online presence may hold the key to November elections.
Lack of "complete crime" hampered conviction chances in federal corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich, says Washington University in St. Louis law professor Peter Joy.
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