VPAP is why anyone can “figure out what’s going on with the oceans of campaign cash flowing in the commonwealth,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a University of Mary Washington political science professor and former reporter. “Any time an out-of-state reporter asks me about politics in Virginia, I make sure to direct them to VPAP.”
Stephen Farnsworth, director of the center for leadership and media studies at the University of Mary Washington, said it can be a challenge for candidates to connect with young people as the world changes rapidly and because young adults use many different social media platforms. He said Spanberger was effective in connecting with younger voters by speaking about economic anxiety.
The panel, moderated by VA FREE Executive Director and former delegate Chris Saxman, included McGuireWoods Senior VP of Infrastructure and Economic Development and Government Relations Services Tracy Baynard, University of Mary Washington Director for the Center for Leadership and Media Studie Stephen Farnsworth, RAMA International Director and former delegate David Ramadan and Sen. Kannan Srinivasan (D-32).
“In politics, it seems like there’s always buyer’s remorse about a year into a presidency, there’s often a great deal of dissatisfaction with what the voters decided a year earlier,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington. “A year in is when the opposition tends to be energized.”
“Particularly in urban areas of the state, there’s been this rapid escalation in home prices,” Stephen Farnsworth, who teaches political science at the university of Mary Washington, told Homes.com. “That creates all kinds of economic uncertainty for people who want to buy a house and wonder if they’ll ever be able to.”
“There’s an old saying that money talks–the big contributions that are possible in Virginia means that money shouts,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a professor at the University of Mary Washington.
