Jason Husser, assistant professor of political science and director of the Elon University Poll, was interviewed by the Greensboro News & Record about how gun control issues are playing out in this year's Congressional elections.
A recent article in the Greensboro News & Record that looked at how the gun control debate is impacting Congressional elections in North Carolina featured insights from Jason Husser, assistant professor of political science and the director of the Elon University Poll.
Husser told Wireback that it’s unclear whether the protests following the mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school earlier this year will factor into the decisions voters make when they head the polls on Election Day.
From the article:
Acknowledging that he runs a risk of seeming cynical, Husser said he is not sure the momentum now behind this issue is powerful enough to rival the strong, age-old relationship between how the economy is doing and outcomes in mid-presidential term elections.
“If they’re happy with it, they tend to reward the president’s party,” Husser said of the economy.
Read the entire article here.