This form updates results automatically as you select options. Disable live searching
The Economist
Betting markets are useful when politics is chaotic
In the early 20th century, for brief periods, the most frenetic American trading pits were not the raucous markets in which stocks were traded, nor the venues where bonds were exchanged. The real action was in the market for betting on the next president. “Crowds formed in the financial district…and brokers would call out bid and ask odds as if trading securities,” write Wake Forest economist Koleman Strumpf and co-author University of Michigan economist Paul Rhode.
July 11, 2024
Amery Free Press
Wisconsin constitutional amendments seek more power for Legislature
Politics professor John Dinan, author of “State Constitutional Politics: Governing by Amendment in the American States,” said constitutional amendments are commonly used in divided-government states such as Wisconsin. “It may seem unusual to see amendments being advanced for the purpose of bypassing gubernatorial opposition or insulating policies from state court reversal because we don’t see similar amendments advanced at the federal level.”
July 11, 2024
Greensboro News & Record
Harris to visit Greensboro today as more plead with Biden to step aside
After the news conference, FOX8 spoke with Wake Forest University professor Nate French, who said that even though the president stumbled, he was coherent. “If his administration wanted to display competence, I think he’s done that. He’s displayed competence, and he’s displayed competence as an old man. He’s not going to be younger, and he’s really clear on that. He’s not going to lose 40 years, and he seems to be stepping into that space that he’s an older statesman.”
July 11, 2024
Washington Examiner
Political betting markets move toward Kamala Harris
Political betting markets have a long history in U.S. politics, according to economics professor Koleman Strumpf who has studied them for decades. With the adoption of the internet, betting platforms have become more popular and are something that should be paid attention to because, unlike political polling, the people involved have skin in the game — money. “It reflects probably the best-prevailing guess as to what’s going to happen,” he said.
July 4, 2024
WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
Red, white and brown? Lawn tips for a hot and dry July Fourth
North Carolina is currently under a flash drought, a phenomenon scientists expect to see more frequently as carbon dioxide in our atmosphere continues to cause climbing temperatures.” Certain types of plants are more sensitive to these flash drought events, so especially croplands and grasslands,” said engineering professor Lauren Lowmen.
July 4, 2024
Heatmap News
How the Supreme Court just changed climate law, according to 9 lawyers
Stan Meiburg, executive director of the Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability and formerly of the Environmental Protection Agency said “the combined effect of the Comer Post and Loper decisions may not be immediate, but they will be profound. They will make it harder for agencies to do their work and easier for challengers (especially very well-funded challengers) to attack and delay actions.”
July 2, 2024
Fast Company
3 ways AI can smooth our inevitable move to a four-day workweek
The amount of time people spend “at work” has changed significantly over the last few centuries. Economics professor Robert Whaples has mapped out the history of hours of work in the U.S., which reveals a gradual decline from working “first light to dark” (70+ hours a week) to the passing of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, which eventually established the 40-hour workweek. Over the last 85 years, not much has changed in the U.S., until now.
July 2, 2024
Triad Business Journal
Spotlight: Dana Alligood, executive director of WFU Center for Private Business
Triad Business Journal’s spotlight focuses on Dana Alligood, the new executive director the Wake Forest University Center for Private Business. “I am excited most about helping family and private companies thrive in the community,” Alligood shared. “I am excited about creating content that is valuable to our members to help them be more successful.”
July 2, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Campaign contributions: Individual candidates or contributions to the party?
“There are several ways people can donate to political causes and candidates they believe in,” said politics professor John Dinan. “One option is to donate money directly to a candidate’s campaign, and this gives the candidate’s campaign maximum control over how that donation is used. If someone wants to boost the prospects of a political party, then they can donate to state and or federal party organizations, up to the maximum amount, and allow the parties to determine how to make use of the donations,” he said.
July 1, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest, High Point University considering dental residency collaboration
Two Triad healthcare educational groups — Wake Forest University School of Medicine and High Point University’s Workman School of Dental Medicine — announced last week they are considering collaborating on residency programs. The next step for the two schools would be to determine what a collaboration agreement for post-graduate dental residency programs would include.
July 1, 2024
Spectrum News Charlotte
Wake Forest summer literacy program helps students excel in reading
School is out for many students as summer break is in full swing, but learning is continuing for some Forsyth County students through a literacy program. Over 60 students are embarking on a six-week literacy program on the campus of Wake Forest University. It’s called Freedom School, and the program consists of kindergarteners through eighth graders.
July 1, 2024
The Mirror US
Biden and Trump age disparity ‘looked much greater on screen’ during debate
U.S. President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump were locked in a head-to-head battle in the CNN Presidential Debate. The debate took place at CNN’s Atlanta studios and was moderated by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. Nate French, an associate teaching professor of communication and an expert on political communications said, “Biden wanted to quell concerns about his age and he did not do that in this debate.”
French also spoke with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney ahead of the debate and provided real-time analysis for CTV News, a CNN affiliate based in Toronto, Canada.
June 28, 2024