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 person either on campus or in their broader communities. To …
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 the primaries over, then?
Not even close. Here in Kansas, …
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 late and potentially inconsequential date to hold a primary. In …
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 66% of Democrats are anxious about the presidential election, 43% …
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 the autumn months preceding the November election. The nomination process …
As the coronavirus has resulted in a national public health emergency, states are postponing their primaries to lessen contact among individuals in the hope of lessening the spread of the virus—Maryland among them. The Old-line state has shifted its primary …
Increasing voter turnout on your college campus can seem like an extremely overwhelming task at first. So many students, so little time! You may have asked yourself, “Where and how do I even begin?” While there isn’t a magic formula …
Voter turnout among young Americans has been dismal since 18-year-olds earned the right to vote with the passage of the 26th amendment in 1971. Even in 2018—a high water mark for youth voting—7 in 10 young voters failed to turn …
In 2016, it was the results from Wisconsin that put Donald Trump over the top in the Electoral College vote count to secure the presidency for the Republican Party. The election outcome was stunning, not merely because few polls predicted …
2016 witnessed foreign interference in our elections which was, and continues to be, a direct threat to our democracy and democracies around the world.[1] Experts say there will be future attempts to further undermine our democracy and we need …