Civic Education
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Do (Nasty) Campaigns Mobilize?
High turnout matters. It is one of the three key indicators of good democratic performance of a country as famously identified by Powell,[1] and its absence is often seen as […]
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Your Guide to the Indiana Primaries
Voting can be a complicated process, especially during an unprecedented global pandemic, which has already disrupted, and will continue to disrupt, our electoral processes. This guide to the Indiana primary elections […]
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Using COVID-19 and Connecticut’s Primary Elections to Teach Political Science Concepts
Connecticut’s 2020 primary election is a great example of electoral politics to include in a variety of classroom lessons. For public policy courses, it showcases how focusing events, defined as “an event that is sudden; relatively uncommon; can […]
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Will the Pandemic Weaken the Union to the Point of Collapse?
Over the past 20 years, I’ve taught thousands of students a particular narrative about how the US government formed—American colonists established mechanisms in the Constitution to help them solve significant collective action problems. It’s worth remembering that […]
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What You Need To Know About Election Polls
The surprising outcome of the 2016 presidential election led many people to question the credibility of public opinion polling. That’s a fair question, considering so many polls suggested Hillary Clinton would win the […]
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Civic Engagement Resources For Faculty During COVID-19
As students and faculty have moved to virtual classes, questions arise as to how to continue to encourage student civic education and engagement when students are unable to participate in […]
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Heartland Dispatch: With Sanders Out, Kansans’ Primary Attention Turns to House, Senate, and State Races
Senator Bernie Sanders withdrew his candidacy for the Democratic Presidential nomination this week, making former Vice President Joe Biden the presumptive party nominee to face President Trump this fall. Are […]
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Engaging Student Voters in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s primary elections will be held on Tuesday, April 28. In comparison to the early caucuses and primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire, and on Super Tuesday, this feels like a […]
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Feeling the 2020 Election? How Collective Experiences of Emotions Might Reshape the Political Landscape
As the 2020 presidential election approaches, Americans are feeling a wide range of emotions. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Poll conducted in January of 2020 found that […]
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Wyoming Democratic Party Experiments for 2020
Wyoming is the nation’s least populous state and has a long history of voting for Republicans in presidential elections. As a result, presidential candidates rarely campaign in the state during […]