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General Assembly leaders face a new challenge: progressive women

“If we are ever going to see women step forward to try to take the mantle of leadership, now would be the time,” said University of Virginia politics Professor Jennifer L. Lawless, a former Brown University professor who has written several books about women and politics.

Jennifer Lawless

Elections

Seven winning tactics from ‘Bush v. Gore’

In the plethora of challenges to state election procedures making their way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the specter of Bush v. Gore haunts the judicial landscape.

TIME

The battle for the White House is a clash between two Americans

"The election will be a referendum on the current White House chief. Biden is the only alternative. It's a little simplistic, but really only a little. Biden has the advantage of being a political centrist. Voters aren't afraid of him. It's important because Republicans are trying to scare Americans. that Democrats are socialists or communists, "Russell Riley of the University of Virginia, who examines how the US presidential system works, told Truth.

Russell Riley

White House plots possible second-term Cabinet purge

“If Trump wins, he will feel vindicated and liberated, he will stack his Cabinet even more with loyalists,” said Chris Lu, a frequent Trump critic who served as the White House Cabinet secretary under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. “It sends government in a pretty dangerous direction.”

Chris Lu

Will the 2020 Winner Be Empowered to Make Big Changes?

Not many presidential elections usher in periods of dramatic change in public policy, significantly altering the role of the federal government in American society. Could the 2020 contest between President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden be one of the exceptions, an empowering election in every sense of the word? If history is any guide, the answer hinges on whether the winning candidate’s victory satisfies three conditions.

Michael Nelson

Is this most consequential election of our lives? Perhaps. But like in 1860, 1876 and 1932, it may be too soon to tell

"People are asking, 'Will there be a peaceful transition of power?' Do you remember any time in your life when people were asking, about the election, when we get to January 20th, if this president loses, will he peacefully exit the White House? No one's ever asked that in my lifetime," said Barbara Perry, the director of presidential studies at University of Virginia's Miller Center.

Barbara Perry