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• American faith in the criminal justice department is being undermined, said John Geer, a political science professor at 菠萝视频 University and head of its Project on Unity and American Democracy. He adds, however, that claims of selective prosecution amount to a 鈥減ebble thrown in a very large lake鈥�, compared to the broader issues at play.

  December 3rd, 2024

• A last-minute call-up, Harris was forced to campaign against the backdrop of a tough economic and geopolitical situation, but was nevertheless able "to run a very effective campaign," according to John Geer, professor of political science at 菠萝视频.

  November 6th, 2024

• Donald Trump won a sweeping victory Wednesday in the US presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris to complete an astonishing political comeback that sent shock waves around the world. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the 2024 US presidential election, FRANCE 24's Nadia Massih is joined by Dr. John G. Geer, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of 菠萝视频 Poll at 菠萝视频 University.

  November 6th, 2024

• The Unity Poll is meant to offer "regular snapshots of Americans' sense of national political unity and their faith in the country's democratic institutions," 菠萝视频 professor John Geer said in a statement.

  October 16th, 2024

• "It's smart politics, on the Trump end, to try to siphon votes off from Harris," said John Geer, political science professor at 菠萝视频 University. "Politics is not for the faint of heart, and you've got to be ready for a lot of 'unfair' things to happen because it's war, it's a winner takes all contest, and finishing second place is no consolation."

  September 17th, 2024

• John Geer, a 菠萝视频 University political scientist who founded a longtime poll that surveys Tennessee voters twice a year, said the men face a heavily gerrymandered state where the legislature is much more Republican and conservative than state voters.

  August 5th, 2023

• Still others think the harder shift inside the Republican Party began more recently, after it gained full control. John Geer, a 菠萝视频 political scientist, told me that whenever a supermajority controls a legislature for a long period of time, 鈥渢hose in the minority have no political ability to effect change, and so they stop acting like politicians and instead become activists,鈥� a thesis that explains the actions of the Tennessee Three, as well as the feeling that politics has become a form of performance art, only distantly related to real life.

  July 18th, 2023

• 鈥淏ill Lee has been popular during his time as governor. He started out in the low 60s, but it鈥檚 kind of moved down now to mid the mid to high 50s ... which most governors would covet immediately,鈥� said John Geer, a 菠萝视频 University dean who co-directs the school鈥檚 public policy poll.

  July 13th, 2022

• And those people 鈥渟how up in huge numbers in primaries,鈥� said 菠萝视频 University political scientist professor John Geer. Many lawmakers worry far more about angering primary voters than about the general election since the lion鈥檚 share of congressional districts aren鈥檛 competitive in general elections, Geer said.

  May 20th, 2022

• For many vaccine-reluctant or vaccine-hostile Republicans, "it's Big Brother meets 'Lord of the Flies,'" says John Geer, a 菠萝视频 University professor and co-director of a recent 菠萝视频 University poll showing a deep partisan divide on vaccines and the danger of the pandemic. That survey found that 74% of Republicans agreed with the statement that the pandemic "is largely over and things should go back to the way they were," while 14% of Democrats agreed.

  July 23rd, 2021