Stephen Farnsworth, professor of Political Science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented an online lecture, “Examining Nonvoters and their Perspectives,” to a pre-election meeting of The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and the Black Women’s Roundtable.
Farnsworth also received several recent media mentions, including:
Youngkin campaigns for Yesli Vega in Fredericksburg (Virginia Scope)
This was the last possibility for a debate between the two nominees as Vega had already turned down a debate with the University of Mary Washington last month.
https://www.virginiascope.com/youngkin-campaigns-for-yesli-vega-in-fredericksburg/
Mar-A-Largo Documents Revealed (CTV News)
“It’s a really good question as to why he would want them. He really didn’t even seem to be all that interested in these national security concerns, briefs, or other things he did take as President. The only other thing I could speculate is that it must have been about some sort of leverage in his post presidency,” said Stephen Farnsworth.
Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington, said the results of the Loudoun race could be a bellwether for the Republican Party nationally, many of whose members would like to imitate Youngkin’s success last year in Virginia. “Loudoun County has really become ground zero in Republican efforts to win back the suburbs,” he said. “If the renewed Republican efforts translate to gains in Loudoun, you can expect similar efforts elsewhere.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/10/24/loudoun-school-board-election/
Opinion/Editorial: Vega sabotaged debate chances with Spanberger (The Daily Progress)
She first snubbed University of Mary Washington professor Stephen Farnsworth. A respected scholar with a long history of holding nonpartisan debates at UMW, Farnsworth extended an offer to host the candidates. https://dailyprogress.com/opinion/opinion-editorial-vega-sabotaged-debate-chances-with-spanberger/article_dd292ad8-530e-11ed-919b-cf6203dcddd8.html
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/debate_dodging.php