“A key issue to appreciate in the 7th District is the economic squeeze that people are feeling,” said Dr. Stephen Farnsworth, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Mary Washington. “A lot of people in this district have had to deal with very high housing prices, and the cost of living generally is quite high in Northern Virginia.”
Opinion Column by Stephen J. Farnsworth
With his latest round of trade barriers imposed on our northern neighbor, President Trump boasted that Canada is “being taught a little lesson” in international trade. Well, Canada has learned a lesson, but it is not the one that the president had in mind.
Professor Stephen Farnsworth of the University of Mary Washington said that President Trump is focusing his campaign appearances in places where he is less unpopular, like Ohio.
The segment with Dr. Farnsworth starts at 50 minutes into the program. He discusses the close content in Virginia’s second congressional district.
Stephen Farnsworth, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Mary Washington, said Democrats have the momentum on the ballot measures. “The big gains in Democratic voting in Virginia last year, coupled with the president’s unpopularity in Virginia, suggest opponents of all the constitutional amendments have their work cut out for them,” he said.
University of Mary Washington political science professor emeritus Stephen Farnsworth says midterm elections are famously linked to the sitting president. “The Trump administration and Republican efforts to restrict access to abortion has really nationalized the abortion issue,” Farnsworth said in an interview Friday. “Even though, of course, we’re talking about a state constitutional amendment here in Virginia.”
