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Booker's exit won't depress 2020 turnout, but future is bright for the 'gifted politician'

January 13, 2020

Elizabeth Sanders says that Cory Booker leaving the presidential race won’t diminish voter turnout, and that the junior Senator from New Jersey has a bright future for another presidential run. 

Law and Policy

Iowa caucus is unpredictable by design, but favors Biden

January 30, 2020

Richard Bensel, professor of government at Cornell University, predicts that Joe Biden will win Iowa, in part because the Iowa Caucuses structure encourages voters to switch candidate preferences. Elizabeth Sanders says that this primary season is round two in the struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party.

Law and Policy
Arts and Sciences

Extinction Rebellion elevates sense of global climate crisis

October 7, 2019

Environmental activists kicked off two weeks of protests on Monday in London, Berlin and other cities to demand that governments adopt a more radical approach to climate change.

International
Arts and Sciences

Without ‘bold’ funding strategies, Green New Deal likely to fade

February 7, 2019

Elizabeth Sanders, professor of government at Cornell University who studies American political development, says a Green New Deal could succeed, but will likely dissipate without risk-takers and creative funding solutions.


In identity-charged election, Hispanic and women voters to drive results

November 5, 2018

Americans will vote this week in the 2018 midterm elections after a campaign season marked by a record number of women candidates, intensified attention to migration at the border and a continued emphasis on identity politics. The following experts from Cornell University are available for interviews.

Law and Policy

Splits in GOP base make tax plan dead-on-arrival

November 1, 2017

Elizabeth Sanders, professor of government at Cornell, studies economic regulations and political parties’ alignment. She says that disagreement on tax reform – as in the case of health care reform – is an indicator of how the Republican Party is split between two distant bases and headed toward a significant shift.

Arts and Sciences

Kasich’s comments on GOP reflect two-party predicament

October 2, 2017

Glenn Altschuler, professor of American studies at Cornell University, says the two-party system, unlike the general US population, is becoming less diverse and therefore less effective.

Law, Government & Public Policy

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