The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 3 election in the U.S. Virgin Islands is Saturday. Larry Sabato, a professor and political scientist at the University of Virginia, once said “Every election is determined by the people who show up.” Sabato, who is known for his study of polling and electoral predictions, works to increase civic participation.
Senate Democrats continue to make their case against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee with a combination of criticisms about her record and the nomination process. “Yes, on occasion we do have these confrontations about the process,” said Barbara Perry, presidential studies director at UVA’s Miller Center.
UVA’s Center for Politics believes the recent report about President Donald Trump's tax returns will not sway voters in November.
The answer is – no, yes, maybe. “Climate change does not seem to be a big issue in the key Senate races,” says Kyle Kondik, via email. He is managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “Even the weather disasters of this summer – hurricanes and fires – are not necessarily easy to connect to climate change for voters.”
UVA says it has begun tests utilizing shockwave therapy to treat erectile dysfunction. The trial will evaluate shockwave therapy’s effect on ED and if there are any side effects, such as bruising or pain.
UVA Health is testing the potential of sound waves to improve erectile dysfunction. A clinical trial is exploring the use of low-intensity shock wave therapy for new blood vessel growth and tissue repair.
Service members on the front lines put themselves at risk every day. Now researchers at the University of Virginia are trying to determine if exposure to artillery blasts put them at higher risk for changes in their brain and quality of life.
“The Army has long been forward-thinking on questions of race and civil rights, and has been among the most integrated institutions in American life,” Brad Carson, former Defense Department acting undersecretary for personnel and readiness and professor at the University of Virginia, said.
With the presidential election just 36 days away, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is outlining a scenario in which the House of Representatives is forced to decide the outcome of the 2020 race for the White House, telling her Democratic caucus that the possibility underscores the need for the party to expand its majority in the House and win control of more state House delegations. According to UVA’S Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, which analyzed the upcoming House races, 26 House delegations at least lean Republican and 20 at least lean Democratic. Four are toss-u...
Chris Leigh, a Gloucester man with a rare kidney disease, says his kidney function is on the decline. He plans to have a kidney transplant through UVA Health, but is seeking a living donor.
The schools that students said had the best free speech environment are the University of Chicago, Kansas State University, Texas A&M University, University of California-Los Angeles, Arizona State University, the University of Virginia, Duke University, Virginia Tech, Brown University and the University of Arizona.
“The biggest question is whether the move right will mostly be about disputed individual rights cases – abortion, gay rights, religious liberty, guns, affirmative action, etc. – or whether they will also strike down major legislation enacted by a Biden administration and a Democratic Congress,” said Douglas Laycock, a professor at UVA’s School of Law.
The top 10, in order, are: University of Chicago, Kansas State University, Texas A&M, UCLA, Arizona State University, University of Virginia, Duke University, Virginia Tech, Brown University, and the University of Arizona.
Historically, debates have proven to allow a candidate to project an image, said Barbara Perry, a professor and director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center. Perry said that a foreign policy stumble by President Gerald Ford in 1976 cost him credibility in what ended up being a narrow defeat and that Al Gore's sighing and “condescending speaking style” may have been detrimental in a 2000 contest that came down to a few hundred votes in Florida.
The University of Virginia athletics department revealed its COVID-19 testing results from Sept. 21-27 on Monday, announcing that it had administered 1,168 tests with 22 positive test results.
Polling experts interviewed by the Wisconsin State Journal said that while Biden is the favorite to win as of today, people should still view current polling with caution. “We all ought to be wary this year,” said Larry Sabato, founder and director of UVA’s Center for Politics and Sabato’s Crystal Ball. “It’s not PTSD, it is appropriate caution. We need to remember how flawed these instruments can be under the right set of circumstances. What are those circumstances? You never know in advance.”
Barbara Perry of the University of Virginia says issues such as reproductive rights, police reform and the Affordable Care Act may slide toward the conservative side if Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed as judge on the U.S. Supreme Court. She also expects the U.S. election to lean towards President Trump's favor if Barrett is appointed.
New poll numbers from the Judy Ford Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University shows Democrats are leading among likely voters ahead of November's election. “I think it just shows that even in a pretty good poll for [Trump] in Virginia, he's still down by five points here,” said J. Miles Coleman, associate editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics.
Everytown has largely avoided Second Amendment issues when trying to woo voters in swing states. The group minimized gun control in attack ads aimed at Republican senators running for reelection in Iowa and North Carolina earlier this month. The decision indicates Everytown has determined issues like health care and energy production are more persuasive to swing-state voters – many of whom may have recently become gun owners – according to J. Miles Coleman, associate editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics.
An inflammation syndrome in some children exposed to COVID-19 may serve as a warning to researchers working on a virus vaccine to keep safety in mind, a UVA researcher and his colleagues say.