The death of a top donor during an electoral cycle decreases the likelihood that a candidate will be elected by more than three percentage points, according to an innovative new study.
Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Government
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Chris Kitchen
Students Sneah Singhi ’26, left, and David Behdad ’25 work in the observation room at the B.A.B.Y Lab, which studies infant language acquisition.
Political scientist Rachel Riedl, director of the Center on Global Democracy and an expert on democracy and authoritarianism globally, comments on Donald Trump’s rhetoric about voting.
Prof. Sabrina Karim comments on how the gender gap between female and male voters in the U.S. is likely to become starker during the 2024 election cycle.
As Vice President Kamala Harris garners crucial support for her presidential campaign, Cornell University experts discuss the potential implications and challenges she might face.
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Nicolas van de Walle
Known for his scholarship on Africa’s politics, from political economy to democratization and electoral politics, van de Walle contributed decades of award-winning work on regime transitions and continuity, leadership succession, foreign aid, clientelism, political parties and governance.
