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James D. Long and Victor Menaldo 1 POSTS 0 COMMENTS James D. Long is an Associate Professor of Political Science and co-founder of the Political Economy Forum at the University of Washington. He is the host of the Forum’s podcast series, “Neither Free Nor Fair?” about election security and democracy in the 21st century. James is a faculty affiliate at the University of Washington’s Ce...

Victor Menaldo (Ph.D., Stanford University, 2009) is a professor of Political Science and is affiliated with the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS), Near and Middle Eastern Studies, and the Center for Environmental Politics. He co-founded and co-leads the UW Political Economy Forum (along with James Long and Rachel Heath). He specializes in comparative politics and political economy. Menaldo has published articles in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of P...

January 8, 2021 U.S. Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks at a campaign event in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. October 27, 2020. REUTERS/David Becker/File Photo Voters across Georgia are casting their ballots in an election that will determine the balance of power in the Senate. In these highly competitive races, every vote counts – including those of the estimated 58,000 registered Indian American voters, who make up the largest subgroup of Asian Americans and P...

Why so many House Republicans co-signed Texass lawsuit to overturn the election Sarah Binder, The Washington Post Dec. 15, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Last week, 126 House Republicans signed onto a brief supporting Texass lawsuit asking the Supreme Court to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The court summarily rejected Texass bid, leading one Republican senator to declare that the justices had "closed the book on the presidents [legal] nonsense." Lawmakers occasionally sign...

Throwing whatever they can, like monkeys throwing poo against the wall. >> these are not a enormously destructive against our administration of justice. a major distraction from the russia investigation. >> part of an ongoing republican attempt to divert attention from the real investigation to the the collusion of the trump campaign and the russian. >> kimberly: joining us now the reaction, salem radio nationally syndicated host larry elder and former secret service agent dan bongino and fox ne...

Throwing whatever they can like monkeys, throwing pough against the wall. >> these are actions that the white house wants them to take. that steve bannon wants them to take but enormously destructive of our administration of justice. and, a major distraction from the russian investigation. >> this hearing is part of an ongoing republican attempt to divert attention from the real investigation into the collusion between the trump campaign and the russian government. >> kimberly: joining us now wi...

For me: trust. that recent poll asked voters if they find various candidates or potential candidates, quote, honest and trustworthy. for clinton, the answer is a resounding no. 34% think she is trust worthy, 61% say she is not. for biden, those numbers are almost flipped. 56% say he is honest and trustworthy while 33% say he isnt. when you consider the words most associated with hillary clinton are liar, dishonest and untrustworthy, ow, these are numbers that could make a biden bid possible. joi...

Average american voter begins to tune in to the election. while theres so much hype around the debates, next guest says were radically overstating the importance. in the guest spot is john size, associate professor of political science at george washington university and author of the monkey cage. so john, lets have at it. the debates you say really dont matter that much. why not? >> i think theres two reasons. one is just that theyre too late. theyre not that many undecided voters left and seco...