Saturday, August 9, 2025

The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics News Archives

Ohioans rank COVID-19, economy most important heading into election, poll finds
Fact-checking Trump's claims on voting by mail and drop boxes
A polarized America: How the partisan divide grew over decades, and why liberals and conservatives just can't get along
Voters mostly confident about election integrity, although Trump supporters are uneasy, poll finds
How Will Trump's Comments Against Goodyear Impact The November Election?
What to Expect from this Year's Virtual Republican National Convention
Trump's Christian soldiers
Trump urges supporters not to buy Goodyear tires, claiming the company is 'playing politics' by banning his campaign hats
What to Expect from this Year's Virtual Democratic National Convention


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Vance visits Canton to promote One Big, Beautiful Bill ahead of 2026 elections

In this article, Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, discusses the president’s signature tax cut and spending law. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Process and politics of redistricting

In this story, Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, discusses the process of redistricting 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