Saturday, April 26, 2025

The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics News Archives

Support for Trump, other factors doomed Ohio Issue 1 redistricting plan
Dr. John Green visits the Ray Horner Show
Dr. David Cohen visits the Ray Horner Show
Expensive battle for U.S. Senate reaches finish line
Dr. David Cohen visits The Ray Horner Show
Election Day 2024: Tracking voting, results, winners, losers and more
Race for Ohio U.S. Senate remains tight heading into election day
How did 2024's early voting in Summit County stack up to 4 years ago, during COVID-19?
University of Akron poll shows comfortable lead for Trump in Ohio, dead heat U.S. Senate race


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What does Trump's Dept. of Education order mean for local schools?

In this article, Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, discusses the implications of President Donald Trump signing an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

These are the Ohio lawmakers being targeted in 2026

Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, is quoted in this article about Ohio lawmakers that are being targeted ahead of the 2026 election. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Stephen C. Brooks

sbrooks@uakron.edu

  • Coronavirus
  • effect of pandemic on campaigning and voting in Ohio
  • media and politics
  • campaign news
  • campaign advertising


David B. Cohen

dbcohen@uakron.edu

  • American politics
  • president
  • vice president
  • POTUS
  • First Lady
  • White House
  • presidency
  • White House staff
  • chief of staff
  • White House press corps
  • executive branch
  • cabinet
  • Congress
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
  • campaigns
  • elections
  • voting
  • Ohio politics
  • Ohio Statehouse
  • Ohio legislature
  • public opinion
  • WMD
  • weapons of mass destruction
  • homeland security
  • biological weapons
  • chemical weapons
  • nuclear weapons
  • arms control
  • Politics of coronavirus pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19


John Green

green@uakron.edu

  • Politics
  • religion and politics
  • campaign finance


Karl Kaltenthaler

kck@uakron.edu

  • Coronavirus
  • Global cooperation or lack of cooperation
  • Trade (trade wars)
  • US role in the world
  • Islamist Terrorism
  • ISIS (or IS or ISIL)
  • Al Qaeda
  • Taliban
  • Pakistani terrorist groups
  • Radicalization into Islamist terrorist groups
  • Drones
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • Iraq
  • Syria and Middle East security
  • Counterterrorism
  • Intelligence issues
  • National security policy and Muslim public opinion


James T. McHugh

mchugh@uakron.edu

  • Political science
  • political philosophy and ideology
  • democratic theory
  • Canadian politics
  • British politics
  • North American regional cooperation (including NAFTA)
  • human rights
  • international law
  • legal philosophy
  • state constitutions
  • comparative constitutional and legal systems