WSU’s Travis Ridout and others are working to bring more transparency to the sophisticated, evolving advertising campaigns politicians are doing online With a little more than a year to go until the 2024 general election, voters can expect to see a tsunami of political ads in the coming months. AdImpact, a firm that tracks ad […]
The result of the next US presidential election could be decided by the efficiency of the humble postal service. Since the coronavirus pandemic, voting by mail has become the norm for millions of Americans, and the practice is now central to each political party’s path to the White House. As legislative battles rage across the […]
The good news from the 2020 election? Record turnout. Nearly 67 percent, 155 million Americans voted. That is the highest turnout since 1900, when William McKinley defeated William Jennings Bryan. Faith in the power of voting is vital to democracy. We should celebrate so many Americans believed their votes mattered enough to stand in lines, […]
Several hotly contested government seats and the likely fate of Brexit were all up for grabs in the Dec. 12 general election in the UK. To find out how social media and other digital campaign tactics are being used to influence—or manipulate—British voters, BBC World Service invited Travis Ridout, WSU political science professor and political […]
By Darin Watkins, WSU News The U.S. presidential race has captured the attention of people around the world, especially in Europe. As millions of Americans head to the polls, foreign media have ramped up their coverage. Washington State University’s Matthew Sutton has found himself at the center of this interest in American politics. An associate […]
Elections and politics Ad watch rematch: 6 swing states, 1 half-hour, 87 political ads NPR / featuring Travis Ridout, associate professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs In presidential campaign ads, political science meets excess The Chicago Tribune / featuring Travis Ridout In U.S. election, road to White House is paved with […]