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​​Professor Tatishe Nteta was featured in a Politico article titled “What Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ Tour Tells Us About Trump’s Appeal”. Nteta suggests that Trump's ability to connect with his followers, even in the face of political losses and legal challenges, lies in his authenticity and his willingness to express sentiments that resonate with a portion of the population. He notes that Trump's charisma and refusal to conform to traditional political norms make him seem genuine to his audience. Politico (10/06/2023)

Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science and Director of the UMass Poll, is quoted in an article on the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre and the slow national movement toward reparations. The article cites a UMass poll conducted in January showing that a majority of Americans oppose cash payments for descendants of slaves. “It’s all about deservingness,” Nteta says. “It’s really informed by negative racial views and stereotypes of African Americans, and what they would do with the money.” (The Washington Post, 10/4/23; News Office release)

Jesse Rhodes, professor of political science and co-director of the UMass Poll, comments on a poll conducted by UC-Berkeley finding that most Californians oppose making cash reparations to descendants of enslaved Americans. Rhodes says, “We’ve consistently found that reparations at present do not enjoy majority support and that’s especially the case when respondents were asked about cash reparations as a form of reparations.” (Fox News, 9/18/23)

A UMass poll found that 70% of voters aged 18 to 29 in the commonwealth support the right for incarcerated people to vote. This is cited in an article covering Wednesday’s hearing in front of the Election Laws Committee as law makers work on restoring voting rights to incarcerated people.(MassLive, 9/14/23)

According to a UMass poll from June.Sixty-seven percent of respondents strongly or somewhat supported an age limit for serving in the Senate. The data was highlighted in an overview of how politicians are getting older and the phenomenon is getting more common. (FiveThirtyEight, 9/7/23)

Lauren McCarthy, Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science was quoted in a Reuters Article titled ' The critics of Russia's war in Ukraine caught in jail 'carousel'’. The piece described how Russia has cracked down on criticism of the war in Ukraine. “Russian authorities aren’t dragging someone off the street and sticking them with a criminal charge,” McCarthy says. (Reuters, 9/7/23)

Paul Musgrave, Professor of Political Science, discussed his recent research on “tripwire forces” on the Power Problems podcast. Musgrave says a tripwire can refer to “a small number of forces, normally US forces, deployed somewhere in what could be a crisis situation," for "greater commitment by the country that placed those forces there.” (Foreign Policy Analysis, Volume 19, Issue 4, October 2023)

An opinion piece published by The Washington Post highlighted a 2021 and a consequent 2022 UMass Poll. The data reveals that in April 2021, just 33 percent said Biden was dishonest, but in October 2021, it was found that just 50 percent said he was dishonest. This spring, 54 percent said no when asked whether Biden is honest and trustworthy in Washington Post-ABC News polling. (The Washington Post, 2023)

Tatishe Nteta, Professor of Political Science at UMass Amherst is featured on NPR's All Things Considered discusses California Voters opposing Cash Reparations for Slavery. "California is an important test case," said Tatishe Nteta, who has conducted national polling on public support for reparations. "If it does pass, I think it provides the momentum for the reparations movement that it has been looking for for 200-plus years. But if it doesn't pass, it provides momentum for those who oppose reparations to make the case that in a state as progressive as California, if you can't pass reparations, the likelihood of passing this at the national level is very low, and in other states is also very low." Nteta said the Berkeley poll's findings on California voters mirror his own polling of Americans nationally. (NPR 9/11/23) 

 

Sophie Schor, PhD Candidate, was recently awarded the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Advancement Fellowship to conduct dissertation fieldwork in Jerusalem. Please send your congratulations to sschor@umass.edu. Congratulations, Sophie!

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