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Research and analysis: Insight from Ohio State's experts

Nov 17, 2016

Questions about the social network’s political significance merit more than passing attention.
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R. Kelly Garrett

Communication

Nov 11, 2016

White evangelical Christians and Catholics voted decisively for the Republican candidate.
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David Stebenne

History and Law

Nov 7, 2016

Changing demographics are changing the power of swing states.
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Nathaniel Swigger

Political Science

In the News: Our researchers share their expertise

Dec 9, 2016

"Any action that the Russian government might have taken, we might think it was undesirable, but it wouldn’t be grounds for a redo or any other legal relief. The courts certainly wouldn’t order that in this case. None of this is going to change the fact that Donald Trump won the election."

Dec 9, 2016

"Any action that the Russian government might have taken, we might think it was undesirable, but it wouldn’t be grounds for a redo or any other legal relief. The courts certainly wouldn’t order that in this case. None of this is going to change the fact that Donald Trump won the election."

Nov 18, 2016

"I think destroying ISIS is actually the right goal. It was also the goal of the Obama administration. However, the question is how you're going to go about it. Beyond just ramping up the bombing campaign, Donald Trump has laid out no specifics."

Nov 9, 2016

"A lot of people, including in the white working class, are very much opposed to free trade. I feel like the lost jobs and standard of living cuts deeper in Ohio than it does in a lot of states outside the industrial Midwest."

Dayton Daily News,

5 reasons Donald Trump won Ohio

Nov 8, 2016

"If you go to the polls when they are open, and you are a registered and qualified voter, then as long as you wait in line, you are entitled to cast your ballot even if the line is so long that you must wait until after the scheduled time for the polls to close."

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