“This is very bad news for the idea that there may be some sort of negotiated settlement to this situation in the coming days,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington.
“If you are a ‘yes’ vote on the amendment, talking about President Trump is probably your most effective strategy, and it’s a particularly effective strategy right now given all the unpopularity of some of the things going on in the larger political environment,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington..
“The nature of war is that it has very uncertain dynamics,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington. “The President has made it clear that he thinks it is going to be another couple of weeks but we will see if that turns out to be the case.”
“I think that the governor’s election victory last November demonstrates that she can be an effective voice for this measure,” said Dr. Stephen Farnsworth, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the University Of Mary Washington. Farnsworth says that fundraising haul allows the pro-amendment strategy to be more focused on TV ads, like the one with Spanberger, to get more people interested in their message.
“I think it is important to recognize the longer this goes on the worse it is politically for the president and the United States,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington and the author of “Spinner in Chief: How Presidents Sell Their Policies and Themselves.”
The redistricting ballot measure is “an opportunity for Virginia voters to offer yet another referendum on how they feel about President Trump” in a state he lost in all three of his elections, said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia.
