Professor of Political Science and director of the UMW's Center for Leadership and Media Studies Stephen Farnsworth recently presented a lecture, "The Policy Consequences of the 2024 Presidential Election (so far)," before the Fredericksburg area chapter of the American Association of University Women.
Other recent media mentions for Farnsworth include:
Democrats’ identity crisis: Youth revolt rocks party after Trump comeback (Yahoo News; WFIN; Total News)
“Beating the other side is more important to many voters [rather] than who exactly is representing your own team,” said University of Mary Washington political scientist Stephen Farnsworth.
In Trump’s America, women trade progressive politics for pearls for the ‘tradwife’ idyll (The Straits Times Singapore)
Political science professor Stephen Farnsworth from the University of Mary Washington, and author of Presidential Communication And Character, said: “Politicians who are familiar with or supportive of the tradwife movement can build a devoted following among those adherents because these politicians are demonstrating that they understand and can connect with that element of the voting public. Paying attention to those communities, particularly energised ones, is becoming increasingly the reality of politics in this country. If you don’t reach out to your most energised potential supporters, you are undermining your ability to win a party nomination.”
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/in-trumps-america-women-trade-progressive-politics-for-pearls-for-the-tradwife-idyll
Virginia candidates raise over $20 million as 2025 election season heats up (The Northern Virginia Daily)
“I think it’s important to note that that funding gap will narrow now that the legislative session is over,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington. “Now that the lieutenant governor is a Republican nominee, I imagine some Republicans were waiting for a resolution of the nomination process before weighing in with donations.”
https://www.nvdaily.com/virginia-candidates-raise-over-20-million-as-2025-election-season-heats-up/article_bba30fc4-486b-5a42-95ad-45949fc4b113.html
Democrats appear to turn on each other as generational divide brews within the party (Fox News)
“Beating the other side is more important to many voters than who exactly is representing their own team,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6371619214112
Virginia Democrats reap fundraising gains as they center campaigns around Elon Musk (AP News)
“Virginia elections are often about angry voters, and the most angry group of voters is the party who lost the White House the year before,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington. “Democrats are angry, and they’re putting their money where their irritation is.”
https://apnews.com/article/virginia-elections-donors-report-elon-musk-8ee4a569bc5a043cbd21f3d8c2d4f0fe
‘I hope they just maul each other;’ Virginia’s 2025 election season gets underway (WVTF)
There are a small number of primaries for House of Delegates seats, but the total number of down ballot races in November could benefit those at the top, says University of Mary Washington professor Steven Farnsworth. “If you run a party candidate in as many districts as possible, you’ll increase the turnout,” Farnsworth said. “That can help the candidates for governor.”
https://www.wvtf.org/news/2025-04-16/i-hope-they-just-maul-each-other-virginias-2025-election-season-get-underway
