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"The Effect of Sex and Race on Letter Responses from the U.S. Congress " by Josephine Borich and Dr. Chris Karpowitz
Keywords sex, race, letter responses, US Congress, state legislatures College Family, Home, and Social Sciences Department Political Science Abstract Because of changing demographics in the United States, the way legislators respond to minority constituents and to women is becoming more important. My ORCA grant focused on the relationship between constituents who ask immigration related questions to federal and state legislators through letters.
How Femininity and Competence Affect Attitudes Toward F" by Holly Henrich and Dr. Chris Karpowitz
Keywords vote turnout, femininity, attitudes, female political candidates College Family, Home, and Social Sciences Department Political Science Abstract Currently, the United States ranks as the 86th country in women’s representation in government,with 18.2 percent of seats in the House of Representatives and 20 percent representation in the Senate (Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2014).
Who Deserves Coverage? Determining Utahns’ Ideal Medicaid Recipient
Keywords ideal Medicaid recipient, voter's preferences, conjoint analysis College Family, Home, and Social Sciences Department Political Science Abstract With the passage of the Affordable Care Act, health care policy became one of the most talked about issues in the United States. As a result, many states have been grappling with the question of whether to expand Medicaid.
Bridge-Building: Effects of Humanization in Conflict Resolution
Keywords conflict resolution, controlled communication, reciprocal empathy, humanization College Family, Home, and Social Sciences Department Political Science Abstract Conflict resolution is a popular topic among political scientists, as seen in the study of controlled communication, concession-making, self-perceived victimhood, and threat perception.
Call it 'a victory for the forces of chaos within the Republican Party,' but Democrats played a big role
For the first time in the nation's history, the House of Representatives has voted to oust its speaker. Kevin McCarthy's loss is a victory for the forces of chaos within the Republican Party, which seems so disorganized that its members probably could not get together on a lunch order, let alone run the House of Representatives. Dysfunction is their methodology, while the world watches.
Utah voters like DeSantis as '24 GOP nominee
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is the early favorite to win the Republican Party presidential nomination among Utah voters, a new poll finds. A Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll of 801 registered voters suggests that if the presidential primary were held now, 21% would vote for DeSantis and 16% would support former President Donald Trump. The only other candidate in double digits was former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, with 12%.
What we learned from the Mike Lee-Evan McMullin race in Utah
Not all the votes have been counted yet, but Sen. Mike Lee has been reelected to the United States Senate. Both candidates have acknowledged the incumbent's victory. As of this writing, his current margin is 14 percentage points, a result that will likely fluctuate some as counties complete their tallies in coming days.
The COVID-19 pandemic reveals the soul of American society
Crises have a way of clarifying and focusing the values that a society holds dear. As we grapple with what to do in this present pandemic, significant questions come to the fore that do not have easy answers. And the way in which society answers those questions — both the processes and the answers themselves — vividly reveal the priorities that animate our society. Such is the case with the current pandemic.
Guest opinion: The UK has voted. What are the lessons for America?
What if the United Kingdom had an election to settle Brexit, but one of the political parties talked mostly about other issues? That was the Labour Party’s strategy in the most recent election. It did not work. Labour lost dozens of seats and fell to their lowest level of representation in Parliament since the 1930s.
Why women need more than a seat at the table
Tali Mendelberg is the John Work Garrett professor of politics at Princeton University and director of the Program on Inequality at the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice. Christopher Karpowitz is an associate professor of political science at Brigham Young University and co-director of BYU's Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the authors. (CNN) Women are mobilizing for change more visibly than ever.
Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders had a good caucus. But primaries are another matter.
After Ted Cruz’s victory in Iowa on Monday, election observers are already spinning theories about how he won from “data scientists,” to a better ground game to Trump’s decision to skip the debate on Sunday. Some of these theories are plausible, but another factor deserves emphasis: strongly ideological candidates perform better in caucuses because caucus electorates are quite different, even than primary electorates.
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