he paper, published in September in the journal Political Behavior, argues efforts to court Latinos drove white Democrats to reassess their position relative to the U.S. political parties. The author, University of Michigan assistant professor of political science Mara Cecilia Ostfeld, says this could be a watershed moment in U.S. politics. Generally, as whites are… Continue reading The New White Flight: Are White Democrats Turning on Presidential Candidates Due to Latino Outreach?
Project: Center for Political Studies
Voters agree with polls that favor their candidates
ANN ARBOR—With the presidential election a year away, pollsters will barrage the country with poll questions to get the pulse of the voters about the candidates. But how these media-reported polls are received by the public is often viewed with skepticism. In fact, a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan and University… Continue reading Voters agree with polls that favor their candidates
Jowei Chen recognized as a “Defender of Democracy”
Common Cause honored Jowei Chen as one of four “Defenders of Democracy” who played pivotal roles in reshaping America’s legal landscape to address partisan gerrymandering.
Support for Trump’s impeachment over Ukraine jumps 8 points in one week, Reuters polls finds
University of Michigan political scientist Nicholas Valentino told Reuters that he did not expect to see much more fluctuation in the numbers unless Republican leaders begin to break ranks and support Trump’s impeachment. ¶¶”People aren’t constitutional scholars,” Valentino told Reuters. “They trust their elected officials from their party to know the rules of politics. And… Continue reading Support for Trump’s impeachment over Ukraine jumps 8 points in one week, Reuters polls finds
How to bring divided Americans together and save our democracy
Vincent Hutchings, political science and African American studies professor at the University of Michigan, observed, “To Republicans, Trump is simply saying: ‘Hey, if you don’t like America, you can leave.’ …If you already support Trump, then it’s very easy to interpret his comments that way.”
NC legislative district map redraw underway, but quickly hits snag
The plan centers on roughly 1,000 maps drawn by a computer algorithm from Jowei Chen, a University of Michigan professor whose testimony helped convince a panel of Superior Court judges that General Assembly maps drawn by the GOP majority two years ago were so tilted toward Republicans that they constitute an illegal partisan gerrymander.
For Trump, appeals to white fears about race may be a tougher sell in 2020: Reuters/Ipsos poll
“There is some indication that racial liberals are more energized than the racially intolerant,” said University of Michigan political scientist Vincent Hutchings, who reviewed Reuters’ findings. “That would seem to be good news for the Democrats and bad news for the Republicans.”
Americans reflect on Apollo 11 and the space program
ANN ARBOR—On the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo landing on the moon, American adults cite the 1969 lunar landing as NASA’s most important achievement in its 60-year history. In a national survey conducted by the University of Michigan, 35% of American adults (age 18 or older) mention the first lunar landings as one of… Continue reading Americans reflect on Apollo 11 and the space program
Podcast interviews Stern about her new book – Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate: How the Alt-Right is Warping the American Imagination.
California Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell and his Democratic colleagues in the House recently voted to condemn the president’s recent remarks about four Congresswomen as racist. Trump’s opponents see a direct link between what he says and an increase in white supremecist or alt-right activity in the U.S. What exactly is the alt-right? How much does… Continue reading Podcast interviews Stern about her new book – Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate: How the Alt-Right is Warping the American Imagination.
Podcast interviews Stern about her new book – Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate: How the Alt-Right is Warping the American Imagination.
California Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell and his Democratic colleagues in the House recently voted to condemn the president’s recent remarks about four Congresswomen as racist. Trump’s opponents see a direct link between what he says and an increase in white supremecist or alt-right activity in the U.S. What exactly is the alt-right? How much does… Continue reading Podcast interviews Stern about her new book – Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate: How the Alt-Right is Warping the American Imagination.