{"id":157824,"date":"2021-10-27T17:23:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T21:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/?p=157824"},"modified":"2021-10-28T15:08:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T19:08:47","slug":"farnsworth-lectures-of-u-s-politics-to-norwegian-washington-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2021\/10\/27\/farnsworth-lectures-of-u-s-politics-to-norwegian-washington-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Farnsworth Lectures on U.S. Politics to Norwegian Washington Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><figure id=\"attachment_157825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157825\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-157825\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Farnsworth-Photo-32-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Stephen Farnsworth \" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Farnsworth-Photo-32-300x240.jpg 300w, \/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Farnsworth-Photo-32-1024x820.jpg 1024w, \/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Farnsworth-Photo-32-768x615.jpg 768w, \/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Farnsworth-Photo-32.jpg 1144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Stephen Farnsworth<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University&rsquo;s Center for Leadership and Media Studies recently presented a lecture, &ldquo;The State of the USA in 2021,&rdquo; to the Norwegian Washington Seminar. The Washington, D.C., lecture drew on Professor Farnsworth&rsquo;s recently published book, <em>Presidential Communication and Character<\/em>.<\/p><p>Dr. Farnsworth has also offered commentary in the following news stories:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/local-matters-virginias-governor-race-in-final-stretch-with-two-weeks-left-before-election-day\/\">Virginia Governor&rsquo;s Race in its Final Stretch (CBS)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2021\/10\/27\/virginia-house-delegates-election-nova\/\">The anti-Trump resistance helped these Northern Va. Democrats get elected. Now they&rsquo;re playing defense. (The Washington Post)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/virginia-house-delegates-election\/2021\/10\/22\/ae1d0378-2dfc-11ec-985d-3150f7e106b2_story.html\">War of the suburbs: Virginia Democrats, GOP fight over key turf to win control of House of Delegates (The Washington Post)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/10\/27\/democrats-take-lead-in-early-voting-in-virginias-highly-competitive-governors-race-.html\">Democrats take the lead in early voting in Virginia governor&rsquo;s race, but GOP could close the gap on election day (CNBC; Times of News)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/local\/virginia\/one-week-3rd-poll-shows-mcauliffe-youngkin-tied-virginia-governors-race\/65-5b757cc1-527b-4727-b4b7-f2af51a17c1c\">Third poll shows McAuliffe &amp; Youngkin tied in Virginia governor&rsquo;s race (WUSA 9)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/why-virginia-important-democrats-heated-090245376.html\">Democratic Biden warns in Virginia Governor election (Texas News Today; Yahoo News; From Press)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2021\/10\/25\/redistricting-virginia-lessons-partisan\/?case=fms\">Virginia&rsquo;s redistricting commission&rsquo;s failure to transcend partisanship has lessons for other states, critics say (The Washington Post; Westport News)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2021-10-25\/mcauliffe-youngkin-governors-race-tests-democrats-tenuous-hold-on-virginia?fbclid=IwAR0XHEaY0pU2O4oyi0-gjysVcP30cCuwxxH6eWfmQ6s8PpBVpdRwYyq98a4\">McAuliffe-Youngkin Governor&rsquo;s Race Tests Democrats&rsquo; Tenuous Hold on Virginia (US News and World Report)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wina.com\/news\/064460-umw-professor-argues-dead-heat-polls-show-why-blandings-name-should-be-included\/\">UMW professor argues dead heat polls show why Blanding&rsquo;s name should be included (WINA; WVAX)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/the-memo\/578629-the-memo-biden-faces-double-crunch-in-virginia-and-in-congress\">The Memo: Biden faces double crunch in Virginia and in Congress (The Hill)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/richmondfreepress.com\/news\/2021\/oct\/21\/legislative-control-stake-house-delegates-races-ta\/\">Candidates in 88th House District race to take part in virtual debate (The Free Lance-Star; Fredericksburg Today)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/richmondfreepress.com\/news\/2021\/oct\/21\/legislative-control-stake-house-delegates-races-ta\/\">With legislative control at stake, House of Delegates races take on more urgency (Richmond Free Press)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvtf.org\/news\/2021-10-21\/education-is-playing-a-big-role-in-virginia-elections-this-year\">Education is Playing a Big Role in Virginia Elections This Year (WFVA)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/virginia-governors-race-could-give-flashing-red-warning-sign-for-democrats-and-shift-market-sentiment-11634827666\">Virginia governor&rsquo;s race could give &lsquo;flashing red warning sign&rsquo; for Democrats &mdash; and shift market sentiment (MarketWatch)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/10\/21\/virginia-governor-race-what-to-know-about-terry-mcauliffe-vs-glenn-youngkin.html\">Former Carlyle Group CEO could knock Democrats out of Virginia&rsquo;s governor&rsquo;s office. Here&rsquo;s what to know (CNBC; USA News Hub)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/video?clipId=2304918\">Jan. 6th insurrection investigation (CTV News Canada)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiamercury.com\/2021\/10\/13\/redistricting-panels-stalemate-may-have-been-inevitable-it-doesnt-mean-the-effort-was-useless\/\">Redistricting stalemate may have been inevitable. It doesn&rsquo;t mean the effort was useless. (Virginia Mercury)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2021\/10\/20\/2059377\/-VA-Gov-The-Daily-Beast-This-Mini-Trump-Doesn-t-Want-to-Be-Seen-With-the-Real-Thing\">VA-Gov: The Daily Beast, &ldquo;This Mini-Trump Doesn&rsquo;t Want to Be Seen With the Real Thing&rdquo; (Daily Kos)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chesterfieldobserver.com\/articles\/who-will-win-control-the-house-of-delegates-a-handful-of-chesterfield-races-could-be-pivotal\/\">Who will win control the House of Delegates? A handful of Chesterfield races could be pivotal (Chesterfield Observer)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/fredericksburg.com\/opinion\/article_49e1f1d3-8f5f-5103-bb06-fe1d7563b88c.html\">COMMENTARY: Two presidents will have limited effect on governor&rsquo;s race (The Free Lance-Star)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/video?clipId=2303462\">Colin Powell Dead at 84 (CTV News Canada)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University&rsquo;s Center for Leadership and Media Studies recently presented a lecture, &ldquo;The State of the USA in 2021,&rdquo; to the Norwegian Washington Seminar. The Washington, D.C., lecture drew on Professor Farnsworth&rsquo;s recently published book, Presidential Communication and Character.Dr. Farnsworth has also offered commentary in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":157825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[9040,814],"class_list":["post-157824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-professional-notes","tag-department-of-political-science-and-international-affairs","tag-sfarnswo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}