Jamie Monogan

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    Why the upcoming election in Georgia’s Sixth District will not be a referendum on Trump.

Why the upcoming election in Georgia’s Sixth District will not be a referendum on Trump.

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Next month, voters in the Peach State’s 6th Congressional District will go to the polls to elect a replacement for Rep. Tom Price, in a contest which many see as an early referendum on President Trump’s agenda. Jamie Monogan argues that this comparison is not accurate: despite Trump’s poor approval ratings, the coming special election is in a safe […]

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    How states make their own air pollution somebody else’s problem

How states make their own air pollution somebody else’s problem

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For now, one of the unfortunate byproducts of an industrial economy is air pollution, but states can often reap the benefits of industry and production while forcing other states to bear the costs. In a new study of tens of thousands of air polluters in the US, James E. Monogan III, David M. Konisky, and Neal D. Woods find that […]

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    If the next president wants to put an ideologue on the Supreme Court, they will have to sacrifice their initial domestic policy goals.

If the next president wants to put an ideologue on the Supreme Court, they will have to sacrifice their initial domestic policy goals.

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One of the first tasks for the new president this January – whoever they may be – could be to nominate a new justice to the Supreme Court. But how should the next president go about this? In new research, Anthony J. Madonna, James E. Monogan III, and Richard L. Vining, Jr. find that the more a president supports […]

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    Why taking an anti-immigration policy position is a poor long-term electoral strategy.

Why taking an anti-immigration policy position is a poor long-term electoral strategy.

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With Donald Trump’s stated desire to build a wall on the Mexican border and to prevent Muslims from entering the US, immigration is at the forefront of the 2016 presidential election. In new research which uses Texas and California’s 1994 gubernatorial election as case studies, Austin Doctor and Jamie Monogan examine the long-term effects of parties’ immigration platforms on […]

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