Tuesday, November 11, 2025

The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics News Archives

Mitch McConnell's Freeze Raises Questions About His Handlers
On Religion: 'Pew gap' remains important force in American politics
Could a Third Party Presidential Candidate Emerge in 2024?
What happens if voters approve Ohio Issue 1?
Ron DeSantis' Problems Keep Getting Worse and Worse
John Green on the NAO Summit
Cornel West defends decision to run as third party candidate, says Democratic president would only be 'postponement of fascism'
Trump 7% ahead of Biden in swing states, new poll says
Donald Trump wins big with swing state voters: Poll


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Recapping the 2025 election and looking ahead to the 2026 midterms

On this episode of “Sound of Ideas,” Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, discusses the recent election. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Chamber, local leaders push to keep Mahoning and Trumbull in separate congressional districts

In this story, Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, discusses the redistricting process in Ohio. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Stephen C. Brooks

sbrooks@uakron.edu

  • Coronavirus
  • effect of pandemic on campaigning and voting in Ohio
  • media and politics
  • campaign news
  • campaign advertising


David B. Cohen

dbcohen@uakron.edu

  • American politics
  • president
  • vice president
  • POTUS
  • First Lady
  • White House
  • presidency
  • White House staff
  • chief of staff
  • White House press corps
  • executive branch
  • cabinet
  • Congress
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
  • campaigns
  • elections
  • voting
  • Ohio politics
  • Ohio Statehouse
  • Ohio legislature
  • public opinion
  • WMD
  • weapons of mass destruction
  • homeland security
  • biological weapons
  • chemical weapons
  • nuclear weapons
  • arms control
  • Politics of coronavirus pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19


John Green

green@uakron.edu

  • Politics
  • religion and politics
  • campaign finance


Karl Kaltenthaler

kck@uakron.edu

  • Coronavirus
  • Global cooperation or lack of cooperation
  • Trade (trade wars)
  • US role in the world
  • Islamist Terrorism
  • ISIS (or IS or ISIL)
  • Al Qaeda
  • Taliban
  • Pakistani terrorist groups
  • Radicalization into Islamist terrorist groups
  • Drones
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • Iraq
  • Syria and Middle East security
  • Counterterrorism
  • Intelligence issues
  • National security policy and Muslim public opinion


James T. McHugh

mchugh@uakron.edu

  • Political science
  • political philosophy and ideology
  • democratic theory
  • Canadian politics
  • British politics
  • North American regional cooperation (including NAFTA)
  • human rights
  • international law
  • legal philosophy
  • state constitutions
  • comparative constitutional and legal systems