Dr. Peter Francia at the Northeastern Political Science Association’s Annual Conference (November 9-11)

Dr. Peter Francia served as chair and discussant on the roundtable panel, “Partisanship in the Age of Trump: New Era or More of the Same,” at the Northeastern Political Science Association’s annual conference (November 9-11). Francia discussed results from a nationwide survey done by ECU’s Center for Survey Research, which showed that the public’s ability to answer questions correctly about recent current events is heavily influenced by their feelings toward President Trump. Large and statistically significant differences existed on nearly all items ranging from topic areas covering the 2016 election, the stock market and the economy, crime, health care, and science.