Political Science and Public Policy

North Carolinians are evenly divided on the way President Barack Obama is handling his job as president, according to the latest Elon University Poll. Nearly half of poll respondents favored an end to tax cuts for households making more than $250,000 a year but keeping cuts in place for everyone else.

Laura Roselle, professor of political science, attended the SGIR Pan-European International Relations Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 8-11.

Less than two years after President Barack Obama won office with a tidal wave of voter support for the Democratic Party, Republicans are on the verge of their own historic movement and will likely reclaim majority status in at least one chamber of Congress, according to a national political analyst who visited campus this week for a series of classroom and public events.

Laura Roselle, professor of political science, attended the American Political Science Association annual meeting in Washington, D.C., from Sept. 2-5 and presented a paper, "Strategic Narratives of War: Media Stories about Partners During Protracted Conflicts," on a panel titled The New Fourth Estate: A Comparative Panel on the Shifting Relationship between Media and Government.

Upon learning how boredom plagues troops in the Middle East, incoming Elon freshman Peter Gallagher and a friend started Games for Heroes, an organization that to date has collected more than $100,000 in hand held video games and cash that today keep hundreds of off-duty soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan entertained.

Hollywood doesn’t really like government, judging by the movies it produces, but when you look at the way film directors portray individual employees, new research co-authored by an Elon University professor and alumna reveals a lot of on-screen respect for civil servants.

Mileah Kromer, an assistant professor of political science and assistant director of the Elon University Poll, spoke at length with the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire this month on the role of social media in American elections.

Elon University Poll director Hunter Bacot spoke with News 14 Carolina on July 9 on recent controversies in the North Carolina State Highway Patrol and how Gov. Bev Perdue has handled the public relations fallout.