Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington who has written nine books on media and presidency, explains that the influence of the Kennedys is strong in the current political terrain. “I believe that Joe Biden, in many ways, was one of those young people who were energized by the idealism of the Kennedy years. He became senator shortly after Bobby Kennedy was assassinated and when there was a more liberal vision about what the Democrat Party could be than there was a decade or two later."

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"What we are talking about here is a coalition of people who do not want Donald Trump to be the Republican nominee working together," said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia.

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"One of the realities that we sometimes see in politics these days is that popular ideas don't necessarily reach a consensus across party lines," said Stephen Farnsworth, political scientist at the University of Mary Washington. "So going to the voters might be a way to resolve, once and for all, some of these issues."

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“The legislature that takes office in January will look a lot more like Virginia than previous legislatures,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington.

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Stephen Farnsworth, professor of Political Science at the University of Mary Washington, spoke with El Espectador about the legacy of the Kennedy family in politics, two lives cut short in some of the greatest “what could have been” futures for the United States.

The Kennedys: a commitment to public service with great sacrifices (El Espectador of Columbia)