In The News: Department of Political Science
The Nevada lieutenant governor’s office has been vacant for more than three months, but the absence has not been felt because “not much happens in that office,” UNLV political scientist David Damore said.
Despite internal audit, county reviews, statewide certification, court cases, some still believe voter fraud is major issue.
If the US policy of strategic ambiguity continues to be its primary doctrine toward the Taiwan Strait a grim picture emerges.
Nevadans next year will have the opportunity to vote on open primaries and ranked-choice voting, if a newly formed statewide coalition has its way.
Beijing's crackdown on Hong Kong has played a huge role in the way Taiwan's younger generation views China.
As Hong Kong authorities arrested pro-democracy supporters, including opposition politicians and newspaper editors, a growing number of Taiwanese are considering the island’s future relations with mainland China.
In just five years, Lin Fei-fan went from charging into Taiwan's legislature and occupying the building with hundreds of students to a senior job for the island's ruling party.
At the ballot box in 2020, minority communities came out in droves to choose political leaders at the national, state, and local levels.
Taiwan is expected to top the agenda when U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet virtually late Monday in Washington to discuss how both countries can “responsibly manage” their ongoing competition, experts say.
Every ten years the population is counted in the census. Nevada added 400,000 people over the past decade.
The Clark County school board fired Jesus Jara; now they are going to consider hiring him again.
Republican Glenn Youngkin’s upset victory last week in the Virginia governor’s race was a big change for the blue-leaning state, where last year President Joe Biden won by 10 percentage points against Donald Trump.