Americans see democracy as good for capitalism and want CEOs to stand for more than just profits. Recent academic scholarship agrees. R. Edward Freeman of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, wrote in a 2019 piece that companies have both the capacity and the responsibility to help maintain democratic principles.
Larry Sabato, director at UVA’s Center for Politics, said that Democrats have had an "advantage" with Hispanic voters as a group, but "lost some ground" with the voting bloc in Florida.
Larry Sabato, University of Virginia Center for Politics director, says Pennsylvania is a crucial swing state everyone is waiting for.
Legal experts slam President Donald Trump’s claims that delays in declaring a winner are evidence of voter fraud. Michael Gilbert, a professor of law at the University of Virginia, pointed out that Trump’s recent comments on the integrity of the voting system are not new.
Many universities across the nation are finding ways to help students grapple with the election results (or lack thereof). The University of Virginia’s Contemplative Sciences Center and the Department of Religious Studies offers an online guided meditation and open reflection.
If elected, Biden would be the first Democratic president since Grover Cleveland in 1884 to win the White House without Democrats also winning both chambers of Congress, a University of Virginia political tip sheet noted Wednesday.
A new paper from the emergency medicine doctors highlights that the coronavirus can cause cardiovascular complications including heart attacks, heart failures, and blood clots, which in turn can lead to strokes. The new paper from UVA Health's Dr. William Brady and colleagues aims to serve as a guide for emergency-medicine doctors treating patients who may have or are known to have COVID-19.
(Q&A with Herman Mark Schwartz, politics professor) How would America change when it comes to taxes, health care, the minimum wage, COVID-19 and more if Biden wins the election and makes Trump a one-term president?
The moment offers an opportunity to talk to children not only about one of the most consequential elections in history, but also about values. Nancy Deutsch, a UVA professor of education, discusses how to talk to children about election night, the morning after and what lies ahead.
UVA’s Kate Douglass and Matt Brownstead were named the ACC swimmers of the week Tuesday.
Incumbent John Cornyn has won the U.S. Senate race against Democrat MJ Hegar, news outlets project. Cornyn holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of Virginia.
Democrat MJ Hegar has conceded in her bid to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas. Cornyn graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio with a journalism degree. He then went on to get his law degree frm St. Mary’s Law School in San Antonio. He would later earn his Master of Laws from the University of Virginia.
Mac Warner has been re-elected as secretary of state for West Virginia. He earned Master of Law degrees from the University of Virginia Law School and the Army's Judge Advocate General's School.
Shelley Moore Capito has been re-elected to serve was a West Virginia U.S. Senator. Born in Glen Dale in the Northern Panhandle, she holds a B.S. in zoology from Duke University and a M.Ed. from the University of Virginia.
(Radio interview) Psychologist Bethany Teachman from the University of Virginia offers up a few research-based coping strategies for pandemic uncertainty.
With over 100 million ballots cast before polls officially opened today, this election is on track for a historic level of voter turnout. It could be the highest since 1908 with 65% or 150 million voters. "We're going to get a lot of the puzzle pieces of election 2020 tonight, we're not necessarily going to get every single one," said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics.
(Video interview) Kyle Kondik, managing editor of election handicapper Sabato’s Crystal Ball, on Tuesday said that while Democrats have a chance of gaining half the Senate seats, with the possibility of breaking a tie should Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) win the White House, GOP Senate candidates are very much “still in the game.”
(TV interview) Larry Sabato, University of Virginia Center for Politics, discusses how he thinks the election will go, as well as states the candidates are currently focusing on.
(TV interview) The University of Virginia’s Larry Sabato on the individual state races and how things are playing out so far.
(TV interview) UVA’s Larry Sabato discusses the presidential race in Arizona, and why Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden needs the state more and more as election results roll in.