Dr. Jesse Richman said voters usually don't jump to the other party, but it happens. The Virginia primaries allow independent voters to support different candidates.
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From an impoverished childhood in segregated Virginia, Amb. Myrick’s career brought him to Old Dominion University’s Dept. of Political Science and Geography.
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Voters will decide on all 100 seats in the House of Delegates and 40 in the state Senate.
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For Samiyyah Bashir-Davis, following some advice from her grandmother helped lead to one of the most meaningful experiences of her academic career.
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ODU Geography launches YouTube channel
ODU Geography launched a YouTube channel. Featured videos include Geography Awareness Week 2022, a Drone Demo Flyover of ODU East Campus and King Tide Flooding in Norfolk.
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Dr. Jesse Richman, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at ODU, spoke about the upcoming November 2022 election on topics including redistricting, early voting, polling and election results.
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It is more than law and politics. How does the Constitution shape American society, the way we live and our expectations for the future? The campus community is invited to the forum on Tuesday, September 20th, 12:20-1:30 in Batten Arts & Letters Rm. 1012
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Nicholas Fegreus wants to work for the government and knows that speaking a foreign language would give him a leg up. But which language?
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The percentage of county population with a BA is one of the strongest predictors, with highly educated counties becoming more Democratic and less educated counties becoming more Republican.
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Ukrainians want to escape Russia’s imperial shadow. Putin wants to reextend that shadow – to erase Ukraine as an independent national identity.
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Known for his commitment, for speaking his mind, his haircut and insistence on being called Mr. Ramsey despite a doctoral degree, John Warren Ramsey was 91.
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Maass writes that the most policy-relevant questions in the 21st Century concern how states compete in the shadow of major war, rather than through it.
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ODU Adjunct Professor Gary Gomez evaluates the flood of intelligence and collection technology for intelligence.
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How does political accountability in democracies affect leaders’ incentives for international cooperation?
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He joined ODU in 2008 and has served as chair of the Political Science and Geography Department since 2017.
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Nicole Hutton and Jennifer Whytlaw create webapp to address hurricane evacuation of vulnerable populations during COVID-19.
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Associate Professor of Geography Dr. Hua Liu won ODU’s 2021 Joel S. Lewis Faculty Award for Excellence in Student Mentoring, and Political Science Senior Lecturer Aaron Karp won ODU’s 2021 Robert L. Stern Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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ODU's Cathy Wu and her co-authors found the prospect of impending leadership change can affect international politics even before a leadership transition is confirmed.
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Are political leaders constrained by conditions facing their countries as they try to change foreign policies?
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David R. Hager was ODU Political Science professor, department chair, five-time acting provost during his 39-year career at the University.
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‘It's a challenging election to look at… It's good to have, more or less, a final decision,’ said Dr. Jesse Richman, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Old Dominion University.
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‘Said ODU Political Science Professor Aaron Karp, ‘If you're going to abandon an ally, be extraordinarily sure of what you're doing and how you go about it.'
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The 2020 presidential election is already setting records. With just shy of two months to go, presidential campaigns and associated groups have already eclipsed the record fundraising of 2016 by hundreds of millions of dollars.
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The data collected will inform a hazard mitigation plan and grant applications for structural and natural flood prevention measures to be developed by tribe members.
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"Weapons that don’t matter in the US, because America deals in millions, have an enormous impact in the UK, because of the extraordinary scarcity of handguns there," said Aaron Karp, a lecturer at Old Dominion University. 'How American guns are fueling U.K. crime', New York Times, 12 August 2020
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ODU Professor Dr. Michael Allen says heat kills more people than weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes. He believes heat waves will get longer and more frequent, with a huge impact on health and the environment.
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ODU Political Science professor Dr. Jesse Richman said at this point, a second check is not a guarantee. ‘Lots and lots of people would like a second check. I think that that ups the odds, but it’s by no means certain at this point.’
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Dr. Michael Clemons, ODU political science professor said he thinks renaming the ship ‘makes a whole lot of sense. The Navy is too diverse at this point in time, too inclusionary to be honoring certain individuals’.’
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‘My suspicion is that sailors and officers may not have an in-depth knowledge about John C. Stennis and the fact that he was an arch segregationist opposed to civil rights,’ said Dr. Michael Clemons, professor of Political Science at ODU.
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Aaron Karp, ODU lecturer in Political Science said ‘We're struggling with this basic issue of an emboldened Russia in the international system, a Russia that doesn't feel compelled to show the restraint countries have shown for a long time.’
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