{"id":1349,"date":"2018-11-09T13:12:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T19:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/poli-sci\/?page_id=1349"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:32:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:32:24","slug":"the-2018-midterm-election-mn-02-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/poli-sci\/the-2018-midterm-election-mn-02-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2018 Midterm Election: MN-02 and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Location<\/strong><\/em> : Tomson 280<\/p>\n

Date & Time:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0December 6th, 1:15- 7:15pm<\/p>\n

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On Dec. 6, 2018, St. Olaf College will host its second biennial conference on undergraduate research and American elections.\u00a0 The conference will feature interdisciplinary perspectives and analysis of the 2018 midterm elections, including: (1) Undergraduate research panels exploring Minnesota\u2019s Second Congressional district through the lens of an election-day exit poll, (2) Undergraduate research panels exploring political communication in congressional races across the country, (3) Posters highlighting academic civic engagement at St. Olaf, and (4) A keynote address delivered by Dr. Christina Wolbrecht.\u00a0 Through these posters, panel discussions, and lectures, the conference will shed light on an array of substantive topics.<\/p>\n

Students will examine patterns of voting behavior in the U.S. electorate, and how issues and image influenced vote choice.\u00a0 We will pay particular attention to the role of gender in an election that saw a record number of female candidates, as well as a widening pronounced gap in the American electorate.\u00a0 We will devote attention to political rhetoric, including the causes and consequences of uncivil discourse.\u00a0 The conference is self-consciously student focused, highlighting the research contributions of undergraduates, as well as the ways students engaged in civic processes during the midterms.The 2018 Midterm Elections conference is sponsored by the St. Olaf Leraas Fund, the St. Olaf Social Sciences Division, the Academic Civic Engagement program, and the St. Olaf Department of Political Science.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Christina Wolbrecht is a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, the director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy, and the C. Robert and Margaret Hanley Family Director of the Notre Dame Washington Program. Dr. Wolbrecht specializes in women and politics, political parties, and American political development.\u00a0Most recently, she is the co-author of\u00a0Counting Women\u2019s Ballots: Female Voters from Suffrage Through the New Deal<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Cambridge 2016) which won the American Political Science Association’s Victoria Schuck prize for the best book on women and politics. She is currently co-writing a book,\u00a0A Century of Votes for Women<\/i>, on the first one hundred years of women as voters in the United States.<\/p>\n

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1:15 – 2:15 pm. ACE poster session in Tomson Hall<\/b>.\u00a0 Will feature posters from a number of ACE-supported projects across the college.<\/span><\/h5>\n
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2:15 – 3:15 pm. Student panel I: Election fundamentals and voting behavior in 2018.<\/b>\u00a0Will include student research on split ticket voting, ideology and vote choice, gender and vote choice, religion and vote choice, and presidential approval.<\/div>\n
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3:30 — 4:45 pm. Student panel II: Issues and Identity in 2018.\u00a0<\/b>Will include student research on political polarization, issue voting, and sexism in 2018.<\/div>\n
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5:00 — 6 pm. Student panel III: Congressional Campaign Communication.<\/b>\u00a0Will include student research on communication strategies including populism, ideological extremity, patriotism and nationalism, and immigration.<\/div>\n
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6:15 – 7:15. Keynote address from Dr. Christina Wolbrecht, University of Notre Dame.<\/b>\u00a0Dr. Wolbrecht will be speaking on gender and voting, with an eye on the most recent midterm elections.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tRegistration for Event \n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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