When we first conceived of the Campaign Stop project in the summer of 2015, little did we know that this presidential campaign would be so unpredictable.
Frankly, when the site first went live in October 2015, our main concern was would we have enough new stories to keep it fresh each day. That, it turned out, was never a problem. Thanks to the more than 200 Duke faculty and nearly five dozen Duke students whose work was featured on the site, we posted at least three new pieces of content each weekday until we concluded the project on Nov. 11, 2016. All totaled, Campaign Stop included about 1,000 stories, media clips, blogs, op-eds, videos and podcasts, and contributed to live events ranging from lectures to a political cartoon festival.
All of this, we believe, speaks to the engagement of Duke faculty and students with the important issues of the day, and to the curiosity and engagement of you, our readers. Thank you for following along, reposting our tweets and Facebook posts and providing feedback. A more detailed report about the project can be found by clicking on the headline or the image above.
Also, be on the lookout for our newest project -- “What’s Next for US?” -- in which our faculty explore the major issues now facing our country. We hope to go live in early December.
“The election’s outcome throws down a gauntlet in front of political scientists, cognitive scientists, and even campaigns themselves: how can we incorporate those signals to gain a better understanding of what motivates voters?”
"If we want to see an America that we are proud of, we have to build that America. It is not in our present, and was not part of our past, it can only be in our shared future.”
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When we first conceived of the Campaign Stop project in the summer of 2015, little did we know that this presidential campaign would be so unpredictable.
Frankly, when the site first went live in October 2015, our main concern was would we have enough new stories to keep it fresh each day. That, it turned out, was never a problem. Thanks to the more than 200 Duke faculty and nearly five dozen Duke students whose work was featured on the site, we posted at least three new pieces of content each weekday until we concluded the project on Nov. 11, 2016. All totaled, Campaign Stop included about 1,000 stories, media clips, blogs, op-eds, videos and podcasts, and contributed to live events ranging from lectures to a political cartoon festival.
All of this, we believe, speaks to the engagement of Duke faculty and students with the important issues of the day, and to the curiosity and engagement of you, our readers. Thank you for following along, reposting our tweets and Facebook posts and providing feedback. A more detailed report about the project can be found by clicking on the headline or the image above.
Also, be on the lookout for our newest project -- “What’s Next for US?” -- in which our faculty explore the major issues now facing our country. We hope to go live in early December.
Understanding Voters
Researchers react to the election of Donald Trump
“The election’s outcome throws down a gauntlet in front of political scientists, cognitive scientists, and even campaigns themselves: how can we incorporate those signals to gain a better understanding of what motivates voters?”
Scott Huettel writing in ResearchGate
Political Campaign Ads
Julia Donheiser on the Duke Ad Watch Project
Trump’s Victory
Professor who predicted Trump’s win explains how he knew, what comes next
Darren Beattie in an interview with The Chronicle
Zeroing In
How healthy is the job market?
Trump Supporters
Mac McCorkle on Trump’s support among disaffected voters
National Security
How Trump must now shift from candidate to commander-in-chief
Charlie Dunlap in TIME magazine
Muslim Reaction
For American Muslims: Shock, fear and resolve
"If we want to see an America that we are proud of, we have to build that America. It is not in our present, and was not part of our past, it can only be in our shared future.”
Omid Safi in CNN.com
Zeroing In
Getting our money’s worth in K-12 education
Political Fact-checking
Bill Adair on fact checking after the election