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January 16, 2025
Prof. Victor Menaldo writes in The Conversation that the return of Donald Trump as President of the United States is not as dangerous as many state, as the office of the president has many constraints on it.
As Donald Trump’s second inauguration fast... Read more
December 30, 2024
December 13, 2024
Prof. Victor Menaldo writes an Op-Ed for The Seattle Times highlighting possible harm to Washington State's export economy if President-Elect Trump's tariffs are implemented.
Trump’s first tariff movie ran from 2018-19 and got panned by our North American trading partners. His... Read more
December 11, 2024
Prof. Aseem Prakash was interview by Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat for reaction to the recent results of Initiative-2117.
Midway through the $16 million political campaign this fall to defend Washington’s far... Read more
December 2, 2024
Prof. Victor Menaldo quoted for Axios on the recent shift of many blue states toward Republican. Not in Washington...
Many states, even solidly liberal ones like California, New York and New Jersey, saw President-elect Trump improve on his 2020 performance by multiple percentage points. That didn't happen in Washington.
Victor Menaldo, a University of Washington political science professor, told Axios that Washington's tech-heavy economy,... Read more
November 27, 2024
Profs. James Long, Scott Lemieux and Victor Menaldo are interviewed by KOMO News' Chris Daniels for their assessments of the recent national election and why it turned out as it did.
The interview with the professors is the first up, starting around the 2 minute mark.
November 25, 2024
Prof. Aseem Prakash and colleague Prof. Nives Dolšak argue in Forbes for hardening of our electrical delivery systems.
Climate transition has a clear action plan... Read more
November 20, 2024
Prof. Sophia Jordán Wallace is interviewed on KUOW for their Soundside podcast.
In the aftermath of the 2024 election, Democrats are confronting a possible existential threat: The erosion of support among important demographic groups, particularly Latinos.
An example... Read more
November 18, 2024
Prof. Sophia Jordán Wallace talks with Naomi Ishisaka in The Seattle Times for her column and discusses Latino politics.
“Demography is destiny.”
That belief, that argues that a diversifying U.S. population will shift the electorate... Read more
November 18, 2024
The Columbian newspaper asked Prof. Victor Menaldo about Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Skamania) securing her districts for Democrats again, bucking the trend of Repulican success in many Washington districts.
Democrats... Read more