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October 2017

Endorsements: What Are They Good For?

I’ve been thinking a lot about endorsements lately. This topic has weighed on my mind for years.

Endorsements are a good thing, when they help an organization’s members understand where a candidate stands on issues related to the group’s mission statement. For example, if I were a member of a feminist group, I would appreciate the group evaluating where candidates stand on feminist issues.Read More »Endorsements: What Are They Good For?

“Battling the Prince”: Adventures in State Politics

For the past few years, I have been conducting an auto-ethnographic study of my experiences in electoral politics, and the first piece of that project just got published!

Claire Snyder-Hall, “Battling the Prince: A Political Memoir,” New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture (December 2017), published online 27 Sept. 2017.

Leaving the Ivory Tower and entering the world of realpolitik led to a number of surprising discoveries. This first published piece addresses some of what I learned about political culture during my forays.Read More »“Battling the Prince”: Adventures in State Politics