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Winston-Salem Journal
Forsyth County residents weigh in on why Trump won and Harris lost
Politics professor John Dinan said Trump benefited from polls that showed that many more people felt the country was on the wrong track. So the candidate who is best seen as the candidate of change is going to have the advantage," Dinan said. "Both Harris and Trump sought to position themselves as the candidate who would bring change, but Trump was more successful in making this case, and he benefited as a result."
November 9, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Why did Donald Trump win? Experts from around the Triad weigh in on decisive victory.
"There's a lot of trying to make it make sense going on," said Nate French, an associate teaching professor of communications who focuses on polling, key voter issues and demographic breakdowns. French said Trump foremost "understands the motivational power of cultural wars, of fear and outrage," whereas the look-forward message from Vice President Kamala Harris did not match the overall mood of voters.
November 8, 2024
Marketplace
Betting markets predicted a Trump victory. They were right.
This was a breakout election cycle for election wagering, which was legal thanks to a U.S. district court decision last month. While pollsters ask people how they intend to vote in an election, prediction markets have traders gather information, think hard about the likely outcome and place bets, according to political economist Koleman Strumpf. "People don't get involved in markets typically unless they think they have an edge," Strumpf said. He argued that these betting markets knew something traditional forecasters didn't.
Strumpf was also featured in CoinDesk: "If U.S. Election Is Disputed, Prediction Markets Could Face 'Hornet's Nest'" and "Prediction Betting Markets Vindicated by Trump's Strong Showing," the Sydney Morning Herald, WQAD8-TV (Orion, Illinois), the Washington Examiner, Reuters, CNN, and was interviewed on CBS6 (Albany) on Americans casting election bets.
November 7, 2024
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
Latinos helped Donald Trump get re-elected. Why?
Betina Cutaia Wilkinson, an associate chair and professor of politics and International affairs, has studied the Latino vote and said she wasn't surprised by the outcome, as the electorate's interests have shifted and changed. "There's a significant amount of political science research that says it's the economy stupid during harsh economic times, people will punish the incumbent and vote for the challenger to bring about some change," she said.
November 7, 2024
WGHP-TV (High Point, NC)
New exhibit at Reynolda House in Winston-Salem highlights Black workers
Winston Salem's Reynolda village is known for its beautiful grounds, main house, museum and deep history. But there was a portion of the village not widely known that held many memories and history all on its own. Five Row was the section of Reynolda Village where Reynolda's Black employees and their families lived. Five Row opened in 1916 as a small village containing two rows of five cottages.
November 7, 2024
The Hill
What does Trump’s win mean for the environment?
What does Trump's win mean for the environment? "I'm very worried that you will end up with an EPA that is far less capable of doing basic things, getting Superfund sites cleaned up, responding to emergencies, whether they're hurricanes like Helene or explosions like the one in Texas which spewed out a big pile of flame out of a ruptured gas pipeline," said Stan Meiburg, executive director of Wake Forest's Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability.
Meiburg was also featured in E&E News.
November 6, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Ticket-splitting alive and well: NC votes for Trump again but favors Dems in top state races
"It is not at all a surprise that North Carolina has once again voted for a Republican for president and voted for Democrats for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general," said politics professor John Dinan. "That has been the dominant pattern for a number of decades in North Carolina." What is different about the 2024 statewide races, Dinan said, is that "voters generally cast party-line votes and aligned their Council of State votes with their presidential preference. But in cases where one party's candidate was able to portray the other party's candidate as outside the mainstream, especially in open-seat races, this led some voters to engage in ticket-splitting".
November 6, 2024
High Point Enterprise
NC voters make ‘purple state’ choices
Once again, North Carolina voters showed split preferences in a presidential year general election. The voters gave Republican President-elect Donald Trump a key swing state victory over Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris at the same time that they handed Democrats several key statewide victories, including Gov.-elect Josh Stein, Lt. Gov.-elect Rachel Hunt, Attorney General-elect Jeff Jackson and state Superintendent-elect Mo Green. North Carolina voters splitting their tickets has been a common theme in presidential elections, said political professor John Dinan.
November 6, 2024
WSJS-AM (Winston-Salem, NC)
Nate French, associate professor of communication, provided on-air post-election commentary.
November 6, 2024
The Conversation
Ever had the feeling that you can't make sense of what's happening? One moment everything seems normal, then suddenly the frame shifts to reveal a world on fire, struggling with war, climate change and political violence and upheaval. That's "zozobra," the peculiar form of anxiety that comes from being unable to settle into a single point of view, leaving you with questions like: Is it a lovely autumn day, or an alarming moment of converging historical catastrophes?
November 5, 2024
Yahoo Finance
With Chinese official’s visit, Kenyan president says deal to fund and build highway is close
According to politics and international affairs professor Lina Benabdallah, the Communist Party has maintained strong networking relations with political parties across the continent. "There are frequent meetings, visits and exchanges that keep these ties going. The diversity from Italy to South Africa and Kenya also shows the openness with which the CPC treats these party-to-party relations," she said.
November 5, 2024
LSE blog (London School of Economics)
How athletes’ endorsements could win votes for Kamala Harris among sports fans
The 2024 presidential election has touched almost all aspects of American life, and professional sports have not been an exception. Politics professor Betina Wilkinson looks at the potential impact of athletes' political endorsements on the 2024 election. New research shows that being a sports fan increases how receptive someone is to athletes' activism on both highly and less contested topics, meaning that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz's recent appeals to fans may be effective.
November 4, 2024