Tag: Election
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New IOP poll finds younger voters unenthusiastic on Biden-Trump rematch
Fewer are feeling bullish on casting ballots, a potentially worrisome sign for Democrats, who benefited from 2020 surge
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Should we be worried about rising heat of political discourse? Yes.
Some analysts fear it could lead to violence; others note nation has had other worrisome periods; all agree it’s not a good trend for democracy.
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Baker blames social media, political operatives, press for fueling divisiveness
Republican Charlie Baker, who closes out his eight years as the governor of Massachusetts in January, discussed governing in a democracy and the duties of citizenship in this year’s Edwin L. Godkin Lecture at Harvard Kennedy School.
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‘Right this ship of democracy’
At Harvard Kennedy School, Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney spoke about Jan. 6 and urged students not to be bystanders of American democracy.
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How did Biden go from zero to hero in public arena so quickly?
Kennedy School’s Thomas Patterson on the political press’s sudden change of heart on Biden.
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Tracy Palandjian elected to Harvard Corporation
Tracy Pun Palandjian ’93, M.B.A. ’97, a Boston-based nonprofit leader, former Harvard Overseer, and recognized expert on impact investing, will become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation, the University announced Monday.
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Recognizing pain but seizing hope
Harvard faculty and students reflect on a solemn, powerful presidential inaugural for troubled times.
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What the election may tell us about the future
The five panelists on a Tuesday roundtable discussed “Implications of the 2020 Election.”
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Pressley says election success points the way for Democrats
Ayanna Pressley spoke about her mandate as a newly re-elected representative of the commonwealth’s 7th Congressional District
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Harvard Republicans view election outcome as largely positive
The Harvard Republican Club finds reasons to celebrate during the presidential election.
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Looking at what the election will mean to education policy
Hosted by the Graduate School of Education, Harvard experts look at the election’s impact on politics and policies that affect young people, families, schools, and communities.
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Could a divided government be what the voters want?
Top political strategists spoke at two Harvard events, analyzing the results of the 2020 election.
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Voting for the first time and in a historic contest. But no pressure
Harvard students discuss their hopes and fears for the nation on Election Day.
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A fraught season for health care
With Election Day approaching and the coronavirus pandemic surging, Benjamin Sommers discusses how shifting political winds might affect health care.
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Tracing misinformation
Research shows elites, mass media play important role in spreading misinformation on mail-in voter fraud.
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Will Tuesday’s presidential debate change the course of the election?
Analysts discuss what may happen at the first presidential debate Tuesday night between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, and talk about how they would coach the candidates.
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Pollster looks at how pandemic, loss of RBG may affect election
Polling methodology expert Chase Harrison talks about why the 2020 election polls can explain how COVID-19 may reshape the vote, and offers some useful insights into the presidential race.
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Getting out the vote
Tova Wang spoke with the Gazette about how young Americans can get political leaders to listen to them and persuade cynical friends or family members that every ballot matters.
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Faith in the ballot
How white evangelicals tour the nation’s capital and redeem a Christian America.
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Amid India elections, Harvard study aligns data with constituencies
A team at the Center for Population and Development Studies and the Center for Geographic Analysis has remapped a trove of health and wellness data to align it with political districts in India, to help voters in the world’s largest democracy better decide how to vote in the six-week election.
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Lessons from a gubernatorial loss
Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, who excited Democrats’ hopes with his progressive message in Florida’s gubernatorial race in November, will work with students at the Institute of Politics this semester to expand ideas of how change happens.
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One election winner: the pollsters
It’s debatable whether the midterm elections delivered a demonstrably better night for Democrats than Republicans. But it was inarguably a big win for pollsters, says FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver at Harvard’s Political Analytics Conference.
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Post-election outlook: Little cooperation
Democratic and Republican strategists came together at Harvard Kennedy School to unpack the midterm election results. In their wake, the panelists agreed that political cooperation may get even rarer in the next two years.
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Pelosi sees Democrats retaking House
At the moment, the question isn’t whether Democrats are going to retake the U.S. House in the midterm elections, House minority leader Nancy Pelosi said at Harvard Kennedy School. The question is how big the margin will be.
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Turn voting into a celebration, not a chore
A Harvard panel examined statistics to highlight how low voter turnout remains a stubborn challenge to American democracy, while also suggesting possible solutions.