Raymond La Raja, Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of UMass Poll writes an article in an Australian Policy Think Tank on this year US election parties, their major key decision points on voting parties but that the United States won’t fundamentally change its relationships with allies like Australia. (The Interpreter, 4/8/24)

Provost Professor of Political Science and Director of the UMass Amherst Poll, Tatishe Nteta, comments on Nikki Haley’s chances against former President Donald Trump in Tuesday’s Massachusetts Republican presidential primary. “Haley is fashioning herself as a more moderate option,” Nteta says. “So, that’s why I think she’s in.” (WBUR, 2/26/24)

UMass Amherst poll released current national coverage on Feb. 5 about the 2024 election. Developing reports found that 63% of voters viewed both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump as old and 48% said they are out of touch with the issues facing the country today. (MassLive, 2/19/24; News Office release)
​In addition to national and international stories, a recent UMass Poll found that more than half of the respondents said they preferred neither President Joe Biden nor former President Donald Trump. (South China Morning Post, 2/19/24; ArabianBusiness [UAE], Manila Standard [Philippines], 2/20/24; News Office release)
An article on a likely rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump cites a January UMass Amherst Poll finding that more than half of respondents would prefer that neither candidate run for president again. (The Guardian, 3/9/24; News Office release)

Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science and Director of the UMass Poll, was interviewed on "Uncounted Millions: The Power of Reparations," the latest episode of the documentary podcast series Reparations Now. Can reparations be a reality for all Black Americans? In New York, the state where the majority of Gabriel Coakley’s descendants now live, the governor has signed a bill creating a task force to consider reparations for formerly enslaved people. It’s the third state to do so. But beyond local considerations, does this debate have real momentum at a national level? In the final episode of “Uncounted Millions: The Power of Reparations,” we take a look at public opinion polling on reparations, along with the dollars and cents of making this a reality across the country. And we return to Gabriel Coakley’s descendants to understand how the family plans to keep alive the legacy he created a century and a half ago. (MSNBC Podcast, 3/14/24)

The UMass Amherst Poll added that support for a federal program paying reparations to descendants of enslaved Americans has declined. (American Renaissance, 2/22/24; News Office release)