News

  • The 3rd annual Election Sciences, Reform, and Administration conference will take place at the University of Pennsylvania on July 11-12, 2019.

    The invitation-only conference brings together election experts from academia, state and local government, non-profits, and research institutes to develop empirical approaches to the study of how law and administrative procedures affect the quality of elections in the United States.

  •  On Thursday, November 29, Robert Yoon, the former Director of Political Research for CNN, will be speaking at a variety of events on campus. 

  • PORES alum Jacob Gardenswartz was profiled in the latest edition of OMNIA.

  • Both political parties have been focused on registering as many voters as possible and competing to see which holds the advantage in turning out their base for the midterm election.

  • How often do Americans talk about politics with their political rivals?

    According to a new NBC News|SurveyMonkey online poll, nearly half of Americans (48 percent) have conversations about politics with someone from the other side of the aisle at least once a week.

  • How do long lines at polling places affect the experience of the average voter?