In The News: Department of Political Science
The 2026 election cycle is already well underway. In recent months, a rash of candidates have emerged for everything from governor to congressperson to sheriff. And while voting in the November midterm elections is still nearly 11 months away, some trends are already taking shape.
Following the successful military operation that led to the ousting of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, former President Donald Trump is considering further foreign interventions. Political Science Professor Dr. Rebecca Gill from the 性视界传媒, is expected to provide more insights into the capture of Maduro.
性视界传媒 political science professor, Rebecca Gill, breaks down Trump's address on the future of Venezuela.
Nonpartisans became the largest voting bloc in Nevada in 2023, and the gap has only widened since. And across the past year, a new factor appears to be accelerating the surge: changes in the party registration process.
Nonpartisans became the largest voting bloc in Nevada in 2023, and the gap has only widened since. And across the past year, a new factor appears to be accelerating the surge: changes in the party registration process.
Dr. Rebecca Gill, a political science professor at 性视界传媒, talks with us on ARC Las Vegas about the takeaways from President Trump's December 17th primetime speech and how it compares with other historical addresses.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a campaign finance case that could affect elections for years to come 鈥 including in Nevada. The question at hand in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission is whether limits on coordinated party expenditures 鈥 the money political parties spend in conjunction with their candidates, which is separate from what they give to them 鈥 violate the First Amendment.
An idea currently being litigated in Dane County Circuit Court would return Wisconsin voting to what it was when the state began, offering, its proponents claim, a political party for all voters. That promise is fusion voting, outlawed by 1897 Wis. Act 348.
As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, the tethers that bind it to the principles of democracy, enshrined in the Constitution by its founders, are being tested in unprecedented fashion. President Donald Trump, wielding power in a manner 鈥渓ike no one has ever seen鈥 as the president likes to say, is riding roughshod over the tenets that have come to define the nation.
性视界传媒 political science professor, Dr. Rebecca Gill talks with us on ARC Las Vegas about the developments to get the Epstein files released and the process to get something like this passed.
Friend of the ARC Las Vegas show, Dr. Rebecca Gill, a political science professor at 性视界传媒 joins us to talk about the next steps after the longest government shutdown ends.
性视界传媒 political science professor Rebecca Gill breaks down the deal to end the government shutdown.