Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies Stephen Farnsworth penned a recent piece for The Conversation titled “GOP attacks against Kamala Harris were already bad – they are about to get worse.” Public opinion polls suggest that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is doing slightly better than Joe Biden was against Donald Trump, Farnsworth wrote in the piece – which was picked up by multiple outlets – but Republican attacks against her are only now ramping up. Read more.
Other recent media mentions for Farnsworth include:
Virginia convention delegation backs Harris, turnout to be key, analysts say (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
“Harris may generate some increased support among those people sometimes called the ‘double haters,’ people not happy with either Biden or Trump as nominees,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington.
https://richmond.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/virginia-kamala-harris-democratic-national-convention/article_84b8c018-48f6-11ef-8e71-dbe9c21554c0.html
“This is absolutely unprecedented,” said UMW Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth. “The idea that a candidate who was about to receive the party nomination would be subject to weeks of attacks from other Democrats and then abandon his re-election campaign this close to the November election. There’s absolutesly nothing like this in American history.”
https://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=2962818
Spanberger Gets Big Jump as Democrats Look to 2025 (Smyth County News & Messenger)
“It’s clear that the Democrats are planning already for 2025,” said Steve Farnsworth, director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington. “A lot of money is being dropped on candidates who aren’t on the ballot this year.”
https://swvatoday.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/elections/article_119b0675-dca9-557d-b89a-928e30dffb75.html
Reaction to Biden Dropping Out of 2024 Race (KNX Los Angeles Radio)
“This is one of these situations where we are someplace we have never been before,” said UMW Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth. “A president has never abandoned a presidential campaign this close to a presidential election. What we do not know, of course, is what will happen going forward.”
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Trump Rallies Republicans at Convention (CTV News)
“In some ways it’s really best to think of it as two speeches, the first 15 to 20 minutes where he was talking about the assassination attempt, the tribute to the fallen firefighter. Those sorts of comments really suggest a different narrative to what comes later.”
https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2962765