Loren Collingwood

  • Permalink Gallery

    In the wake of the Parkland mass shooting, the public’s now continual anxiety about gun crime may lead to a greater push for stricter gun laws.

In the wake of the Parkland mass shooting, the public’s now continual anxiety about gun crime may lead to a greater push for stricter gun laws.

Share this:

The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month has put the issue of gun control back on to the public and political agendas in the US. In light of this latest mass shooting, Alexandra Filindra and Loren Collingwood look at the relationship between the public’s response to such events and their attitudes towards gun control. They find […]

March 8th, 2018|Alexandra Filindra, Justice and Domestic Affairs, Loren Collingwood|0 Comments|
Read More
  • Permalink Gallery

    During the election, Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric activated the fears of people in areas with growing Latino populations

During the election, Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric activated the fears of people in areas with growing Latino populations

Share this:

In the opening salvo of his presidential election campaign in June 2015, Donald Trump referred to Mexican immigrants as “racists” and “criminals”. In new research Ben Newman, Sono Shah, and Loren Collingwood look at how Trump’s racist rhetoric drew support during the election. Using data from survey polls taken during the campaign, they find that Trump’s inflammatory comments activated […]

January 24th, 2018|Benjamin Newman, Democracy and culture, Loren Collingwood, Sono Shah|0 Comments|
Read More
  • Permalink Gallery

    Protests against Trump’s immigration executive order may have helped shift public opinion against it.          

Protests against Trump’s immigration executive order may have helped shift public opinion against it.          

Share this:

Donald Trump’s executive order preventing the entry of refugees and those from seven Muslim-majority countries has sparked protests across the country and the world. But have those protests had an effect on public opinion? Loren Collingwood, Nazita Lajevardi, and Kassra Oskooii present preliminary findings from a survey conducted before and after President Trump’s executive order. They find that after […]

February 12th, 2017|Justice and Domestic Affairs, Kassra Oskooii, Loren Collingwood, Nazita Lajevardi|0 Comments|
Read More
  • Permalink Gallery

    Cross-racial mobilization played an important role in explaining the Latino turnout for Barack Obama in the 2012 election.

Cross-racial mobilization played an important role in explaining the Latino turnout for Barack Obama in the 2012 election.

Share this:

In 2012, Latino turnout increased by more than a quarter, despite a fall in overall turnout that election year. The vast majority of this increased vote went to Obama. Why was Obama so successful with Latino voters? In new research, Loren Collingwood finds that a model that goes beyond voter demographics, and takes into account the Obama campaign’s outreach […]

September 19th, 2014|Democracy and culture, Elections and party politics across the US, Loren Collingwood|2 Comments|
Read More
This work by LSE USAPP blog is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported.