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Farnsworth, Burkley Present Research Paper in Canada

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of Political Science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, and Sally Burkley, the co-valedictorian of the UMW Class of 2022, are coauthors of a research paper, “Late-Night Political Humor and the Two Presidents of 2021,” which was presented at the recent meeting of the American Political Science Association in Montreal, Canada.

Other recent media mentions for Farnsworth include:

“UMW poll shows most Virginians grade their local school district schools high”

WINA

Blue Virginia

Culpeper Star-Exponent

The Free Lance-Star

WFXR

“Early voting begins with ‘steady trickle’ in key Virginia congressional races”

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Culpeper Star-Exponent

“Schapiro: For Spanberger, the road back to DC runs through RVA”

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Culpeper Star-Exponent

The Roanoke Times

“Vega declines debate with Spanberger in Fredericksburg”

Richmond Times-Dispatch

“Voters motivated in midterm elections according to new statewide survey from UMW”

Fredericksburg Today

B101.5

“Yesli Vega Declines to Debate, Keeps Hiding Extreme Positions from Virginians”

CBS19 News

Blue Virginia

“Editorial: Dodging media, debates undercuts democracy”

The Free Lance-Star

“Virginia’s 7th District Congressional Race”

WTOP

“Biden’s Popularity Rises”

CTV News

“New poll shows voters split between Kaine and Youngkin in hypothetical Senate race”

WRIC

“Youngkin versus Kaine for U.S. Senate draws near dead heat poll results”

Supertalk 929

WHRV

Virginia Governor

WFIR News

The Blue Elephant

“Glenn Youngkin’s MAGA-Lite Image Isn’t Going to Win Over the GOP “

The Daily Beast

The Bharat Express

The Wichita Eagle

The US Express News

UK Times News

“Independents, the Economy, and the Midterms; Kaine v Youngkin in ’24? Nope. Ain’t happening.”

Bearing Drift

Journalist lays out the fatal flaws of ‘Goldilocks candidate’ Glenn Youngkin’s MAGA-lite formula

AlterNet

Yahoo News

“Poll: Northern Virginia adults give schools top marks”

Trainers Adda

WTOP

WRC-DC

“Dodging media hurts American democracy”

The Daily Progress

“Spanberger reintroduces herself in 7th District”

Inside Nova

2022 Virginia Business Political Roundtable (Virginia Business)

Virginia Business Editor Richard Foster will moderate a live, in-person discussion on November 8 with a panel of statewide political experts, debating the latest developments in the congressional midterm elections across Virginia and the nation, including Stephen Farnsworth, Professor and Director, Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington.
2022 Virginia Business Political Roundtable (Virginia Business)

New poll shows voters split between Kaine and Youngkin in hypothetical Senate race (WRIC)

“Governor Youngkin has been building his national profile in recent weeks as he campaigns for Republican candidates around the country, and that could help him if he chooses to run for the Senate,” Stephen J. Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington and director of UMW’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, said in a statement accompanying the poll. New poll shows voters split between Kaine and Youngkin in hypothetical Senate race (WRIC)

Farnsworth Shares Political Expertise With ‘The Washington Post’

Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth spoke with The Washington Post for an article titled, "Spanberger has centered a stock-trading ban. Pelosi says a vote is coming." Spanberger’s vocal push to police lawmakers’ stock-trading abilities hits a sweet spot in politics, Farnsworth said, finding a unifying issue that taps into people’s frustration with elites in Washington that transcends party lines. Read more.

Farnsworth’s other recent media mentions include:

Podcasts.apple.com: Dr. Stephen Farnsworth: Abigail Spanberger, Yesli Vega, and the

Fight for Virginia’s 7th District

Augusta Free Press: No thanks, PAC man

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No thanks, PAC man (Augusta Free Press)

“Those committees have to spread money out to a lot of races around the country. And Republicans traditionally have been better funded than Democrats. So Democrats in the House and Senate are very concerned about not being outspent,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington. 

No thanks, PAC man (Augusta Free Press)