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Redistricting Reform Report 2008
No full textJacobs, Lawrence R. (2008). Redistricting Reform Report 2008. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/184709
The Power of Photography
No full textWe are accustomed to words and numbers as forms of communication. Photography is a visceral medium to express love, outrage at injustice, and a future of righteousness and morality. Nationally acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Bobby Rogers joins award-winning poet Douglas Kearney for a searching conversation.
To see the photos, view this event on Youtube at z.umn.edu/Photography2021,Jacobs, Lawrence R.. (2021). The Power of Photography. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/225924
Health Reform Lives
No full textHealth reform is a big part of President Biden’s Build Back Better plan. Sweeping proposals have been negotiated carefully among Democratic leaders and party factions. Join us to hear how these changes may impact access, the cost of health care, and state and federal budgets. This program brings together keen observers of health reform in Washington DC, Jim Capretta from the American Enterprise Institute and Sabrina Corlette from Georgetown University to dissect what is happening.
This event can be viewed on Youtube at z.umn.edu/HealthReformLives2021.Jacobs, Lawrence R.. (2021). Health Reform Lives. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/225339
Conversation with Paul Gazelka
No full textVideo of this event can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1UDm0d8BM4&t=2s
Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (R-Nisswa) is the highest ranking Republican in the Minnesota legislature at a time when the state faces the greatest public health crisis of our lifetime. Senator Gazelka has raised questions about the economic and budgetary costs of DFL Governor Tim Walz's response to the Coronavirus. What are the practical alternatives?Gazelka, Paul; Jacobs, Lawrence R.. (2020). Conversation with Paul Gazelka. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/214907
Congressman Tom Emmer and the Path to a New Republican House Majority
No full textThis event took place as a webinar. A video of the event can be found on the Humphrey School's YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFrmFPJQOxo&t=2s
Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer (6th CD) chairs the National Republican Campaign Committee. Congressman Emmer is leading the GOP effort to retake the majority in the US House of Representatives. He will discuss his work in Congress and the NRCC with Professor Larry Jacobs.Emmer, Tom; Jacobs, Lawrence R.. (2020). Congressman Tom Emmer and the Path to a New Republican House Majority. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/214944
Conversation with US Senator Amy Klobuchar
No full textThis event took place as a Zoom webinar. A video recording is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIUMBZMvuf8&t=2902s
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar will join Professor Larry Jacobs to discuss her campaign for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, the Senate's response to the Coronavirus, and her husband's recent successful battle with Covid-19.Jacobs, Lawrence R.; Klobuchar, Amy; Mondale, Walter F.; Lawless, Jennifer. (2020). Conversation with US Senator Amy Klobuchar. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/214905
First Ladies. A Conversation with Curtis Sittenfeld.
No full textPresidents of the United States are the most powerful figures in America and, arguably, the world. The First Lady receives far less attention but exerts influence within the White House and stars in Washington’s shrouded political theatre.
Novelist Curtis Sittenfeld joins us for an evening conversation about the public visibility and private dramas of the First Lady – from Laura Bush to Michelle Obama and Melania Trump. She will also read from her novel American Wife – a fictional account of Laura Bush
Curtis Sittenfeld is the bestselling author of five novels: Prep, The Man of My Dreams, American Wife, Sisterland, and Eligible. Her first story collection, You Think It, I’ll Say It, was published in 2018 and picked for Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club. Her books have been selected by The New York Times, Time, Entertainment Weekly, and People for their “Ten Best Books of the Year” lists, optioned for television and film, and translated into thirty languages. Ms. Sittenfeld has interviewed Michelle Obama for Time; appeared as a guest on NPR’s “Fresh Air,” CBS’s “Early Show,” and PBS’s Newshour. She is a graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.Center for the Study of Politics and GovernanceSittenfeld, Curtis; Jacobs, Lawrence R.. (2019). First Ladies. A Conversation with Curtis Sittenfeld.. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/208679
Democrats and Republicans Don't Just Disagree - They Hate Each Other
No full textThis event took place as a Zoom webinar. Video can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j4M7mqaeSE&t=1290s
Members of Congress and state legislators routinely disagree along party lines over the size of government and individual responsibility. But the sharp divide is not only over policy issues; it has snowballed into an emotional hostility toward members of the other party. Democrats and Republicans see each other as members of disliked - even reviled - outgroups. How did the "Hatfield versus McCoy" mindset set in? Will it persist as Americans struggle to survive the shared threat of the novel Coronavirus? What is the place for principled debate in today's toxic political environment?Center for the Study of Politics and GovernanceIyengar, Shanto; Ponnuru, Ramesh; Jacobs, Lawrence R.. (2020). Democrats and Republicans Don't Just Disagree - They Hate Each Other. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/214906
Why Political Ads Matter: Voting Turnout, Public Preferences, and the Effects of the Paid Media
No full textWhat difference do paid advertisements make in elections? Candidates spend millions on them and the press watches them. But do they matter to voters? Perhaps dueling ads offset each other or voters gets so burned out that they tune out the ads.Dr. Green will report on a series of new experiments that investigate the impacts of political advertisements on the policy preferences of voters and their decisions on whether to turnout to vote or to stay at home.
Donald Green is one of the country's leading experts on public opinion, voting, campaign finance, and hate crime. His publications include: "The Effects of Canvassing, Direct Mail and Telephone Contact on Voter Turnout: A Field Experiment" with Alan Gerber, American Political Science Review (2000), "Defended Neighborhoods, Integration, and Racially-Motivated Crime" with Dara Strolovitch and J. Wong, American Journal of Sociology (1998), Partisan Hearts and Minds with Brad Palmquist and Eric Schickler, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004), and Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory: A Critique of Applications in Political Science, with Ian Shapiro (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994).Jacobs, Lawrence R.. (2006). Why Political Ads Matter: Voting Turnout, Public Preferences, and the Effects of the Paid Media. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/216222
2010 Gubernatorial Candidate Forum with Senator Mark Dayton (DFL)
No full textThe Center for the Study of Politics and Governance sponsored a series of public forums with the major party candidates for Minnesota Governor fostering informed and substantive discussion of important matters of public policy. The forums created an opportunity for the candidates to rise above the talking points and fractious back-and-forth of the campaign to address the important policy challenges facing Minnesota and the country.
Senator Mark Dayton (DFL) gave a presentation on tax equity. The presentation was followed with a short discussion between Professor Lawrence R. Jacobs and Senator Dayton, along with a Q&A from the audience. The conversation was moderated by Professor Jacobs.
Senator Mark Dayton is the Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for the 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial election. Dayton was born in Minneapolis, and attended Long Lake Elementary School and Blake School in Hopkins. He then went to Yale University, where he received his bachelor’s degree, cum laude. After finishing at Yale, Dayton taught 9th grade general science for two years in a New York City public school.
Dayton was first elected to state wide office in 1991 as state auditor and served until 1995. Later, he was elected to the United States Senate, serving from 2001-2007. Dayton has also served as Commissioner of the Minnesota Departments of Economic Development and of Energy and Economic Development from 1983-1986.Jacobs, Lawrence R.. (2010). 2010 Gubernatorial Candidate Forum with Senator Mark Dayton (DFL). Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/217619
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