As a Republican Capitol Hill aide in the 1990s, Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) was the most prominent researcher hunting for dirt that could oust the Clintons from the White House, from Whitewater to the Monica Lewinsky scandals. Her hesitation throughout the year to embrace the Republican presidential candidate is probably a wise political calculation. Larry Sabato, a UVA political scientist and election forecaster, includes Comstock's race in his list of competitive elections; he gives it a "leans Republican" label.
Ohio has backed the winner in every election from 1900 on, except for 1944 and 1960, the best record in the country. “If Hillary Clinton wins Ohio, it's over for Trump,” said Kyle Kondik, an analyst for the University of Virginia Center for Politics and author of “Bellwether: Why Ohio Picks the President.”
There were punches, kicks, and firm “nos” on UVA grounds Monday evening. Fifteen women completed their last session of Rape Aggression Defense, a self-defense class offered by the UVA Police Department.
The University of Virginia may provide shuttles from first-year dorms to the polls on Election Day. Administrators are currently in talks with student leaders about the possibility of utilizing the university’s fleet of Safe Ride vans – normally used to provide students with after-hours, on-demand transportation.
UVA’s College Republicans have voted to drop their endorsement of Donald J. Trump for president. The student organization – which has been divided over Trump’s candidacy throughout the election season – took a re-vote following last week’s leak of a recording of Trump making vulgar comments about women.
The UVA College Republicans have voted to rescind the club’s endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump following the public release of remarks he made about women in a 2005 video.
A team of educators is seeking innovative ways to better prepare teachers for the classroom. A panel of experts led a discussion at UVA’s Curry School of Education on Tuesday, part of TeachStrong, a national campaign comprised of more than 60 education groups that aims to modernize the teaching profession.
Teachers are feeling increasing burdens as school systems work to ramp up academic rigor, measure a growing list of student outcomes and step away from standardized testing models that focus on rote knowledge. At the same time, divisions are having trouble finding talented, well-qualified teachers to staff their schools, as low salaries and strict licensure requirements shrink the talent pool. UVA’s Curry School of Education and Virginia Secretary of Education Dietra Trent joined with the Center for American Progress’ TeachStrong initiative Tuesday to convene a panel of experts to ...
An Augusta County company that's kept millions of pounds of uneaten food and yard debris from ending up in landfills is closing its facility. Black Bear Composting's decision to shut down is forcing hundreds of customers, including the University of Virginia and city of Charlottesville, to figure out what to do with organic waste.
Larry Sabato talked about his predictions for 2016 Electoral College votes and the results of key Senate and House races.
As a UVA associate dean of admissions, Jeannine Lalonde has read plenty of college essays. While transcripts are hugely important, they only tell part of the story about the student, Lalonde said.
The night before Virginia men’s basketball officially started its 2016-17 season, several players posted a photo of the team kneeling as a sign of unity against social injustice. The photo was coordinated and put online without Coach Tony Bennett’s knowledge. Since then, the picture has sparked dialogue between players and coaches and led to a planned meeting between the team and members of the Charlottesville police department.
All signs are pointing to a Hillary Clinton win in November, political analyst Larry Sabato said Monday. In his latest analysis of the Electoral College map, Sabato said the Democratic nominee is back up to 341 electoral votes and Republican nominee Donald Trump is below 200. The winner needs 270 electoral votes.
“He did stop some of the bleeding,” because his base voters “loved those attacks,” said Larry Sabato, a UVA political expert, on CNN. That said, “people respected the way she approached the debate substantively,” and “she is beautifully positioned” in the polls. “I’m not gonna say it’s cooked and done, but I smell it cooking,” said Sabato.
Since Trump first announced his candidacy, the Grand Old Party has performed a delicate – and uncomfortable – balancing act. In recent days, that balancing act has morphed into a full-on circus. "There has always been more resistance to Trump among the party leadership than the rank and file," veteran UVA political analyst Larry Sabato said.
Not long after he was elected district attorney for Brooklyn, New York, in 2013, Kenneth Thompson cold-called a Harvard law professor and former public defender to ask for help digging through old cases for people who had been wrongly convicted. "That staunch focus on integrity even where there was no CSI silver bullet set Thompson apart as a national figure," said Brandon Garrett, a UVA law professor and author of "Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong."
Political scientist Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia said Clinton's average lead in a variety of polls is actually about five points nationally and if it continues this would still result in a very solid win for her.
The legacy of Donald Trump’s campaign will live on for voters and other Republican candidates who plan to run again in Virginia. And Republicans in Northern Virginia, where demographic changes and growing communities are tilting the region to favor Democrats, have to be concerned about becoming collateral damage, said Geoffrey Skelley, with UVA’s Center for Politics.
New projects at UVA are giving students something to think about as they walk to class this week. The Clothesline Project and the Red Flag Campaign are both displays raising awareness about domestic violence and sexual assault.
UVA’s Miller Center is examining race and policing as part of its “American Forum” public affairs program. On Monday, Heather MacDonald, the author of the new book, "The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe," argued the criminal justice system is eroding, but not because of the officers.