Civics

The 2022 Constitution Day Survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that fewer than half of Americans could name all three branches of government.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that reduced time in the classroom for teaching civics will come back to haunt America’s future politics.

Second-year Liam Hoare in the College of Arts and Sciences thinks that social media will play a large role in how candidates promote themselves in the future.

Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law says that it would be almost impossible to raise the voting age since it would take the repeal of the 26th Amendment and a new constitutional amendment.

Yphtach Lelkes of the Annenberg School for Communication says that Republicans tacked too hard to the right during the midterms, causing independents and a small percentage of conservatives to move in favor of Democrats.

Dick Polman of the School of Arts & Sciences offers commentary on the MAGA movement’s failure to establish a political mandate with the results of the midterm elections.

Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the ceiling for conservative and extreme Republican candidates equals the base for Republican voters.