MetroFocus
MetroFocus interviewed Eagleton Professor Saladin Ambar about current events, including the effect redistricting processes and incumbency have on democracy. "This process, where politicians choose their voters and not the other way around, means that we are going to have communities where there is a one sided dialogue - really a monologue - and there isn't a push to get unresolved issues resolved since politicians can take their re-election for granted. Incumbency is a powerful - perhaps the most powerful weapon in politics. It means that voters in New York are all the more estranged from their government and from having their interests met." - PBS Culture of civic engagement needed to sustain Rutgers’ positive voting trends
"The Center for Youth Political Participation (CYPP), specifically their program RU Voting, did a good job at generating interest and educating students about the importance of voting. These types of projects, now with the knowledge that STEM students are less likely to vote, should strategize about how to specifically target STEM students." - The Daily Targum Pandemic politics: How COVID-19 will take center stage in 36 governors races nationwide
“This emergency, this crisis, is unlike any other,” said John Weingart of the Eagleton Center on the American Governor at Rutgers University. “It affects the entire country – there's nothing about it that stops at one state’s borders.” - NY 1 ‘The bench is loaded’: A record number of Latinas are running for governor
"In previous election cycles, three or four Latina candidates have run for governor. The Center for American Women and Politics tracks major-party candidates, and according to its tally, in addition to Colombia-born Taddeo, the other Latina gubernatorial candidates include..." - 19th News |
