The Quinnipiac Poll also took heat from respected political commentator Larry Sabato, head of UVA’s Center for Politics. He said the poll's presidential deadlock in Ohio, and a similar result in Pennsylvania, are inconsistent with several national polls showing Clinton leading by 6 to 8 points.
A three-day symposium digging into the life of one of America's Founding Fathers wrapped up Sunday. Dozens of people from across the county attended the Summer Jefferson Symposium at UVA, organized by UVA’s Lifetime Learning Program.
A chorus of academics and mental health experts is calling for “gun restraining orders” that would allow police and prosecutors to temporarily confiscate the firearms of someone believed to be an imminent threat to himself or others. Richard J. Bonnie, director of UVA’s Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, said it could be an important step to reducing gun deaths, especially suicides.
Kyle Kondik of UVA’s Center for Politics said that it is too early to say who Clinton might turn to for a running mate, but he agrees with the consensus among political observers that the top three are Warren; Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia; and Julian Castro, President Obama's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
We spoke to Kyle Kondik; a political analyst from the University of Virginia Center for Politics. According to his bio, he's also analyzed politics on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. "I think it's a pretty safe bet that the Libertarian party will have its best ever presidential election this year," says Kondik. "Libertarians in their best states only average 2 - 3 percentage points worth of support," says Kondik.
Presidential elections have never been for the faint of heart, but for more than two centuries the harsher attacks have tended to come from campaign aides and surrogates — duties Donald Trump has now assumed for himself. This kind of rhetoric — and worse — has surfaced in previous presidential elections but is rarely voiced by the candidate himself. James Ceaser, a professor of politics at the University of Virginia, noted that "It's a very personal campaign — on both sides."
The entire fifth season of “Veep” has taken place in the speculative aftermath of an electoral college tie in a presidential election, which hasn’t happened in real life in more than two centuries. In Sunday’s episode, the show took it one step further, depicting a political conundrum that has no precedent. In early 2015, Kyle Kondik, the communications director for the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, speculated in an article that, were the 2016 election to reach a tie, the Republican candidate would be favored by the Republican-control...
U.S. News and World Report has recognized four specialties at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital. The magazine’s latest version of “Best Children’s Hospitals” says UVA has four units that made the top 50.
Four specialties at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital made the top 50 in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings. The hospital’s urology, cardiology, neonatology and nephrology departments are among the nation’s best, according to the annual “Best Children’s Hospitals” guide.
University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan has issued a statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action and college admissions. The case is called Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin.
A new initiative will enable students to purchase fresh, locally grown food using Virginia’s University ID and “Plus Dollars” that are included in student meal plans.
Even after more than 25 years of hiring coaches, Virginia athletic director Craig Littlepage considers each search unique.
“This is a fantastic, tour de force sort of experiment, involving tons of single cells,” said Mike McConnell, a neurobiologist at the UVA School of Medicine.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is generally seen as a safe vice presidential pick for Hillary Clinton. A white man fluent in Spanish and from a swing state, Kaine is a former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman. There’s only one big problem with picking Kaine: abortion. Geoffrey Skelley, associate editor of the Sabato’s Crystal Ball newsletter at the University of Virginia, said Kaine’s abortion views “could be a source of vulnerability” for him.
HHS' Office for Civil Rights quashed complaints Tuesday that the state of California illegally required health insurers to cover elective abortion. Douglas Laycock, a law professor at the University of Virginia who focuses on religious liberty, called the decision Tuesday “hugely importantly.” He believes Congress meant the amendment to apply to employers offering plans, not just their insurers.
Slipping in some recent polls, short on campaign cash and facing a mini-rebellion from disenchanted Republican delegates, presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump took his best shot Wednesday at turning his political fortunes around with a full-throated attack on presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Many Republican leaders remain critical of Trump, but few have abandoned him. “Yeah, they can’t trust Trump and they also can’t trust him to pursue their priorities if, in fact, he is elected,” said University of Virginia analyst Kyle Kondik. “I think R...
Worry about the state of young minds is also behind the latest initiatives. Champions of “deeper learning”, an increasingly popular idea in American education, argue that today’s teaching methods stifle understanding. Tony Wagner, the author of “Creating Innovators”, says that schools and universities are failing to spark young people’s curiosity. He points to research by Richard Arum of New York University and Josipa Roksa of the University of Virginia, who in 2011 estimated that despite four years of study 36% of newly minted American graduates failed to i...
Trump appears to have strengthened the Democrats' hold on many of their core states while loosening the Republicans' grip on traditional battleground states. This suggests that Clinton has the rare chance as a major party presidential candidate to choose the person she wants as a vice president based primarily on that person's ability to do the job and his or her fitness to step into the Oval Office if necessary."I think that's right," said Kyle Kondik, the managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "If t...
In some rural areas patients have little choice over hospitals. According to MergerWatch, almost 50 Catholic facilities are at least 35 miles or 45 minutes away from a competitor. This worries Douglas Laycock of the University of Virginia.