Department of Political Science

African-American voters who dislike the Trump presidency are much more likely to vote and to engage with politics, according to UW political scientist Christopher Parker

African-American voters who dislike the Trump presidency are much more likely to vote and to engage with politics, according to UW political scientist Christopher Parker

John Wilkerson of the UW Department of Political Science weighs in on this important topic

Civil rights attorney David Owens (2004) represents victims of police misconduct and wrongful conviction. 

Shutdowns are all about “branding” for members, write political scientists Andreu Casas and John Wilkerson, who closely studied the 2013 government shutdown.

A recent opinion piece from Christopher Parker of the UW Department of Political Science on 2018 elections.

UW political scientists Mark Smith is quoted

Former chair of the UW Department of Political Science takes on new role.

LA Times op-ed on the fate of the Affordable Care Act authored by Scott Lemieux, lecturer in political science at the UW. 

The latest installment in a regular report on political mobilization in the United States. Emily Gade, a graduate student in the UW Department of Political Science, is an author. 

When U.S. presidents talk tough to foreign leaders, does it work? Jonathan Mercer, professor of political science at the UW, is quoted. 

Op-ed by Christopher Parker of the Department of Political Science

Salon talks to Christopher Parker about why the Democrats should "play the race card" in the next election

International Studies Professor, Saadia Pekkanen, on how Japan is targeting independence in space-based information.

Using just the text of a bill plus about a dozen other variables, a new artificial intelligence algorithm can determine the chance that a bill will become law with great precision.