Department of Political Science

For the first time in more than 30 years, more people voted for the candidates for governor in Washington than for the listed candidates for president.

As a member of the state’s Electoral College, political science student Varisha Khan may be one of the people with a direct role in the formal selection of the next president.

A national conservative group has sent mailers to some state voters disclosing their and their neighbors’ voting history, trying to pressure them to vote.

Professor Christopher Parker, who studies reactionary politics in America, weighs in on Trump and the Presidential race.

When the election's over and the dust clears, a panel of UW political science faculty will help make sense of it all on November 16.

Mikayla Hall (2011), speechwriter for the House Republican Conference, got her start at the UW Speaking Center.

Many corporate giants have disclosed data on their carbon emissions to CDP, but Amazon is now the largest U.S. company by market value to refuse to answer their questions.

As we come to the end of a very long presidential election cycle, what can we do to remedy our legacy of racial injustice and move forward? 

Twitter seems to be heavily in favor of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, but a sizeable slice of his support comes from social media bots, according to new research.

The end of the 2016 presidential election is five weeks away. But for some Washington couples, families and friends, Election Day can’t come soon enough.

Hillary Clinton is coming under increasing pressure from progressives to oppose the Dakota Access oil pipeline. 

Some couples, friends and relatives in Washington say the presidential campaign season has tangled intimate relationships unlike any before.

At a Seattle Town Hall forum with local scholars, some acknowledged polarization driven by rapid social change makes good politics difficult.

The discussion Tuesday evening at Town Hall Seattle, “2016 election: How Did We Get Here?,” was sponsored by the UW Alumni Association.

Could Trump win? University of Washington political science professor Christopher Parker thinks he can do it, and says race is a factor.