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Senator and…Magnify Your Voice: A Day Off for Democracy
By Betsy Sinclair of Washington University in St. Louis “Are you frustrated that you see a need in your community that isn’t met by government or industry? Do you believe that need could be remedied through purposeful action? Will you ask your family, friends and neighbors to help initiate change?…
MPSA Roundtable – Public Engagement: Mixing Academics and Practical Politics
In this public engagement roundtable from the 2018 MPSA conference, Michelle Kukoleca…
Generation Z voters could make waves in 2018 midterm elections
By Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Tufts University Unlike the much-studied millennials, we don’t know much about Generation Z, who now make up most of the 18- to 24-year-old voting bloc. These young people started first grade after 9/11, were born with the internet, grew up with smartphones and social…
MPSA Roundtable: The Path to Full
This MPSA roundtable session on “MPSA Roundtable: The Path to Full”, hosted by the…
You can trust the polls in 2018, if you read them carefully
By Josh Pasek, University of Michigan and Michael Traugott, University of Michigan
Humanities for All: Political Science and International Relations
By Daniel Fisher, Project Director, National Humanities Alliance
As campuses across the country fill with the…
Blue is Black and Red is White? Affective Polarization and the Racialized Schemas of U.S. Party Coalitions
By Nicholas A. Valentino and Kirill Zhirkov [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFMTdNxp57k] Affective polarization - the mutual partisan antipathy expressed by both Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. - has increased dramatically over the last 30 years. Both real-life political processes…
Mentors play Critical Role in Quality of College Experience, New Poll Suggests
By Leo M. Lambert, Elon University; Jason Husser, Elon University, and Peter Felten, Elon University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.
In order to have a rewarding college experience, students should build a constellation of mentors.
Primary Elections: The Value of an Endorsement
By Chapman Rackaway of the University of West Georgia
How involved should political party leaders get in…