Wednesday, November 12, 2025

The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics News Archives

Political Experts Analyze the 2022 Midterm Elections
Impact of Cheney's endorsement for Democrats expected to be limited
13th District race could decide the balance of the US House
Social Security Becomes a Late Focus for Swing-Seat Democrats
Ohio House race in Summit County could be one of the closest in the state
Ryan, Vance scrape state for stray votes
What the Mahoning Valley might tell us about this year's US Senate race in Ohio
Ohio Senate race tied in new Spectrum News/Siena College Poll
GOP flocks to Ohio Senate race while Democrats stay away


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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