Department of Political Science

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May 21, 2013

The tea party and the politics of paranoia

New research argues that the tea party owes more to paranoid politics of the John Birch Society and others than traditional American conservatism. “True conservatives aren’t paranoid,” says political scientist Chris Parker. “Tea party conservatives are.”

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February 5, 2013

Scholars urge Supreme Court to keep Voting Rights Act provisions ensuring equal access

Political science and law scholars from the UW and elsewhere file a brief saying the Supreme Court should fully uphold the Voting Rights Act in a case out of Shelby County, Alabama.

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