Political Science and Public Policy

Sen. Marc Basnight, one of the most powerful politicians in North Carolina, visited Elon April 24 to share advice with students – “being responsible means being honest” – and to learn more about efforts on campus to help the environment and serve the Alamance County community.

North Carolina residents identify the economy as the most important issue facing the state and a majority of respondents in the most recent Elon University Poll say that the country has “gotten off on the wrong track.”

Most North Carolina residents will not allow race, gender and age to impact their vote in the upcoming presidential election – but more than half of respondents in the latest Elon University Poll say they know someone whose decision will be tied to at least one of these characteristics.

Dale Harrison, assistant director of the Sunshine Center and instructor in the School of Communications, and Hunter Bacot, associate professor of political science, presented Saturday at the first annual North Carolina College Media Association conference at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

An Elon University political science professor has been elected to a prominent position in the International Studies Association for the upcoming academic year.