Tag: Elections
Near record-high numbers of young people voted during the midterms, signaling...
Abby Kiesa, Tufts University
The November 2022 midterms have come and gone, but there are still some potential lasting...
If Democrats prevail during the midterms, TV advertising might have something...
John M. Sides, Vanderbilt University
The neck-and-neck race for control of the U.S. Senate is particularly unwelcome news for...
Women make fewer political donations and risk being ignored by elected...
Kira Sanbonmatsu, Rutgers University and Claire Gothreau, Rutgers University
Candidates ignore female voters at their peril: Women have outvoted...
Competition heats up in the melting Arctic, and the US isn’t...
Rockford Weitz, Tufts University
For decades, the frozen Arctic was little more than a footnote in global economic competition,...
Faked videos shore up false beliefs about Biden’s mental health
Dustin Carnahan, Michigan State University
From Ronald Reagan in 1984 to Bob Dole in 1996 and even Hillary Clinton in 2016, candidate health has become...
Who formally declares the winner of the U.S. presidential election?
Amy Dacey, American University
With the U.S. presidential election rapidly approaching at a time of extraordinary political and social disruption, the possibility of an unclear...
When a winner becomes a loser: Winston Churchill was kicked out...
Klaus W. Larres, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The end of World War II in Europe and the defeat of Hitler and Nazi...
The unintended consequences of marijuana decriminalization
Nikolay Anguelov, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
America’s decades-long war on drugs disproportionately harmed minorities. Now, it seems that decriminalization of marijuana hasn’t leveled the playing...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
