Dean Huffman News Today

While professor and dean emeritus of Lewis & Clark Law School, James Huffman, is entitled to his personal opinions, his guest view in the June 18 edition of the Independent

Two most important points to me, one is that its a civic event. it used to be the election. when i was a kid, i would go with my mother to the ballot place. it had some real significance. now were basically voting alone. were voting when ever we choose and i think that civic part of is critical. lastly it contributes to partisanship. the presumption is that people are going to know how to vote before they even know who the candidates are. theyre going to vote straight party tickets. thats certai...

Were going to see places like west virginia, which is in 2008 moved towards the republicans. then we see these midwestern states moving back towards the republicans as well. that is what we would think -- if thats persistent. maybe this is just a trumpb phenomenon that lasts for one election and its gone. if its not a flash in the pan, that may represent a fundamental change in the party coalitions that could have long-lasting effects on our politics. >> michael mcdonald, thank you for the analy...

About their past. fourthly, i think now the two most important points to me is its a civic event. it used to be the election. when i was a kid, i went with my mother to the ballot place. it had some real significance. and now were basically voting alone. were voting whenever we choose and i think that civic part of it is critical and lastly, i think it contributes to partisanship. the presumption is that people will know how to vote before they even know who the candidates are. straight party ti...