Stephen Farnsworth

Mary Washington poll shows tight contests for statewide races, with GOP boosts among likely voters

richmond.com  online

2021-09-23

“Right now, this year’s contest for governor looks to be the closest statewide election in years,” said Stephen J. Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington and director of UMW’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, noting that with former President Donald Trump out of office, “this election looks very different from those of the past four years.”

New Book: Top General Warned China about Trump

CTV News Channel  online

2021-09-15

"This is certaintly a bombshell revelation. When we’re thinking about the U.S. military, uniformed military people, trying to keep the president out of the loop in terms of military actions, we’re really talking about something comparable to the final days of Watergate, in August 1974," said UMW Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth. "It really raises questions about just what was going on in the White House.

U.S. Military has Left Afghanistan

CTV News Channel  online

2021-09-01

U.S. Military has Left Afghanistan

Republican Glenn Youngkin Rolls Out Tax Proposals

WVTF; WHRV 89.5  online

2021-08-31

Stephen Farnsworth at the University of Mary Washington says the platform of policy proposals, which Youngkin calls his Day One Game Plan, seems like pretty standard Republican politics

McAuliffe polls higher, faces GOP lawsuit to keep him off statewide ballot

Potomac Local News  online

2021-08-27

“The legacy of Donald Trump continues to be a powerful tailwind for Democrats,” said University of Mary Washington Political Science Professor Stephen J. Farnsworth. “Youngkin has to thread a tough needle. He has to figure out a way to sound ‘Trump’ enough to keep Trump supporters energized. But he has to be careful not to sound too much like Trump and risk losing those suburban voters who have never liked the former president.”

Crisis in Afghanistan

CTV News Channel  online

2021-08-26

Crisis in Afghanistan

McAuliffe touts slate of support from anti-Trump Republicans

Virginia Scope  online

2021-08-25

“These endorsements are important because they give other Republicans [who are] unhappy with Trump, the opportunity to vote for McAuliffe,” said Dr. Stephen Farnsworth, a professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington. “It’s not a game-changer or anything, nearly every Republican will vote the Republican line and nearly every Democrat will do the same, but at the margins, it is better to have cross-partisan support than not.”

Chaotic Afghanistan Evacuation Efforts Continue

CTV News Channel  online

2021-08-25

Chaotic Afghanistan Evacuation Efforts Continue

Crisis in Afghanistan

CTV News Channel  online

2021-08-19

Crisis in Afghanistan

Rural Virginia community offers roadmap for successful broadband expansion

Courthouse News Service  online

2021-08-18

Professor Stephen Farnsworth at the University of Mary Washington said it’s hard to not see policy actions like Biden’s ARP funding as a political move. But he said it would be a bit too cynical to understate the impact universal connectivity will have

Candidates for Virginia governor take opposite positions on mask and vaccine mandates

The Washington Post  online

2021-08-16

As the delta variant has recently powered Virginia’s seven-day average number of new cases to levels not seen since February, according to The Post’s tracker, both candidates have moved those issues to the front of their campaigns — and with good reason, said University of Mary Washington political scientist Stephen Farnsworth.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Resigns

CTV News Channel  online

2021-08-11

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Resigns (CTV News Channel)

Farnsworth discusses Capitol Hill riot hearings

CP24.com  online

2021-07-28

Farnsworth discusses Capitol Hill riot hearings

Judge dismisses group's effort to remove Black state senator

The Washington Post; The Philadelphia Tribune)  online

2021-07-06

Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington, said the attempt was a new and flawed front in Virginia’s culture wars.

Partisan Trends in Late Night Humor

Virginia Association of Communication Arts and Sciences  Fairfax, VA

2018-04-06

The New Virginia: Politics and the Economy after the 2017 Elections

Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance  Lynchburg, VA

2017-12-14

Reviewing the 2017 Elections in Virginia

Virginia Civics Summit  Chesterfield, VA

2017-11-29

The Trump Presidency, the Mass Media and Public Opinion

The Norwegian Washington Seminar  Washington, DC

2017-10-28

The Identity Crises of the Democratic and Republican Parties

White House Fellows Foundation Leadership Conference  Washington, DC

2017-10-27

Donald Trump and the Late-Night Political Humor of Campaign 2016: All the Donald, All the Time

American Political Science Association  San Francisco, CA

2017-08-31

Virginia’s Candidate Selection Process: Examining Recent Primaries and Conventions

American Legion Boys’ State of Virginia  Radford, VA

2017-06-21

President Obama’s Use of New Media: Enacting the Affordable Care Act and Defining Presidential Character

Western Political Science Association  Vancouver, Canada

2017-04-04

Politics, Media and the American Political System.

Institute for International Education Visitor Leadership Program for International Journalism, U.S. Department of State  Washington, DC

2017-03-02

Media Bias is a Threat to American Democracy

Podius Debates. University of Mary Washington  Fredericksburg, VA

2016-10-26

Digital Media, Public Opinion and the US Presidential Race

BI University  Oslo, Norway

2016-10-12

The Presidential Candidates, the Mass Media and the Angry Voters of 2016

Mary Talks, University of Mary Washington  Fredericksburg, VA

2016-10-03

News Coverage of the 2013 Virginia Governor’s Race Versus Presidential Election News

American Political Science Association  Philadelphia, PA

2016-09-21

A Comparative Analysis of the Partisan Targets of Media Fact-checking

American Political Science Association  Philadelphia, PA

2016-09-14

U.S. Journalism, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Development

Institute for International Education Visitor Leadership Program for International Journalism, U.S. Department of State  Washington, DC

2016-09-07

Late Night Comics Examine Campaign 2016: Donald Trump Dominates the Jokes

American Political Science Association Pre-Conference in Political Communication  Philadelphia, PA

2016-08-03

Barack Obama and the Rise of the Diffident Presidential Style

Midwest Political Science Association  Chicago, IL

2016-04-07

Studying the Presidency after 9/11: Re-considering Presidential Character in Domestic and International Contexts

9/11 and the Academy Conference at Emory & Henry College  Emory, Va

2015-11-12

Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers

American Political Science Association  San Francisco, CA

2015-09-10

News Coverage of U.S. Presidential Campaigns: Reporting on Primaries and General Elections, 1988-2012

American Political Science Association,  Washington, D.C.

2014-08-01

The Automated Coding of Sentiment in Political News Coverage: Examining Newspaper Coverage of the 2013 Race for Governor of Virginia

American Political Science Association Pre-Conference in Political Communication,  Washington, D.C.

2014-08-01

American Government:

Mass Media Politics U.S. Political Parties & Elections The American Presidency US Constitutional Reform US Politics and Film Consuming News: A User’s Guide

2018-02-14

Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, and Deanne Canieso

The Presidency and Social Media: Discourse, Disruption and Digital Democracy in the 2016 Presidential Election, (Dan Schill and John Allen Hendricks, ed.) New York: Routledge, 2018: 330-45.

2017-11-09

Stephen J. Farnsworth and Stephen Hanna

[Opinion column] “This One Map Shows the Republicans’ Problem in Virginia.” (Stephen J. Farnsworth and Stephen Hanna). Washington Post. (“The Monkey Cage” blog). November 9, 2017.

2017-10-08

Stephen Farnsworth

[Opinion column] “Support for Medicaid in Virginia Keeps Growing.” Washington Post. October 8, 2017.

Benjamin Hermerding and Stephen J. Farnsworth

The American Middle Class: An Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty (R.S. Rycroft, ed.).
Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood, 2017: 476-9.

2017-08-01

Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter

The Virginia News Letter. Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.
92(3): 1-8 (August 2016).

2017-02-28

Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, and Roland Schatz

[ Opinion column] “News coverage of Trump is really, really negative. Even on Fox News.” (Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, and Roland Schatz.)Washington Post. (“The Monkey Cage” blog). February 28, 2017.

2017-01-21

Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, and Deanne Canieso

[Opinion column] “Donald Trump will probably be the most ridiculed president ever.” Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, and Deanne Canieso.Washington Post. (“The Monkey Cage” blog). January 21, 2017.

2016-03-08

Stephen Farnsworth is co-author of an opinion column, “Late Night Tells Three Times as Many Jokes about 2016 Republicans as Democrats,” published by "The Fix" blog of the Washington Post.

2015-11-05

A map by Stephen Hanna, professor of geography, and a column by Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, which both discussed the recent state legislative elections were published in "The Fix" blog of The Washington Post. The column was titled “The 2015 Election in Virginia: A Tribute to Gerrymandering.”

2015-06-27

Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia

2015-06-01

(Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter).
Politics and Policy 41 (3): 447-463 (June 2013).

2015-05-01

Virginia Voters and Decentralized Governmental Power: Federal Frustration and State Satisfaction?

2012-11-01

(Stuart Soroka, Stephen J. Farnsworth, Lori Young and Andrea Lawlor).
Electronic Media and Politics 1(10): 143-57 (November 2012).

2012-08-01

(Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter).
Politics & Policy 40(4): 547-556 (August 2012).