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  Eagleton Students in the News
  Jim Kline, Eagleton undergraduate associate, "lives and breathes politics and policy."
More here

  Yelena Shvarts and Roger Masi, both Eagleton undergraduate associates, joined other Rutgers students visiting Washington to lobby members of Congress for increased student aid funding.
More here
 
  Youth and Decision 2008
View the video interview below which features a group of Eagleton undergraduate students and other Rutgers University students. TODAY’s Natalie Morales reports on what factors are important to them and who's getting their votes. Posted at msnbc.com, Feb. 4, 2008.
 
 
  ""West Wing' Writers are Looking Like Prophets"
An opinion piece by Eagleton Associate Director John Weingart on the current presidential race, published in The Star-Ledger, Tuesday, January 8, 2008. Full article here. 
 
  New: Eagleton's 2008 Political Calendar
   View the calendar here.
To receive a copy of the calendar in the mail, email to Joanne Pfeiffer at with your name and mailing address.
 
  A Brief Summary of U.S. Immigration History
Daniel J. Tichenor, Research Professor, Eagleton Institute of Politics and Department of Political Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, testified on March 30, 2007 before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. As stated on the ImmigrationProf Blog, "His testimony offers a nice capsule summary of U.S. immigration history and how it relates to the immigration "situation" we find ourselves in today."
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Provisional Voting and Voter Identification
The Eagleton Institute of Politics, in partnership with the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University, was awarded a contract by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to provide information on provisional voting and voter identification practices in the 2004 election. A report and paper written about the data collected is now available.
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New books by Eagleton faculty
The Eagleton Institute of Politics is proud to note publication of three new books by members of its faculty.
   Book details available here.
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For latest findings from Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, visit this site.
  
Research

 

Research is integral to the mission of the Eagleton Institute. Undergraduate and graduate students receive training in research skills and practices at Eagleton's centers and engage in supervised research activities at the Institute.
  
  Another Government Success Story: Citizen Volunteers on New Jersey State Boards and Commissions
A report published in 2004 by John Weingart, Eagleton's Associate Director. Support for this project was provided by the Fund for New Jersey
   
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  The College Student Voter in 2004: Obstacles, Outreach and Electoral Engagement (.pdf format)
This report, published in spring 2006, evaluates the experiences of college students in the 2004 presidential election. Conducted by the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling and funded by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the report is drawn from the results of the Eagleton National Student Voter Survey which surveyed 1,000 students enrolled in 4-year colleges in key states across the country. The report is designed to serve as a resource for both those in the research community and those conducting youth registration and mobilization efforts.
 

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America's Newest Voters:
Understanding Immigrant and Minority Voting Behavior

The material presented in this research section has been designed as a resource for journalists and students interested in minority and immigrant voting in the 2004 election. It includes general information pertaining to the upcoming primary and general elections, such as a schedule of primary election dates and turnout rates in the previous presidential election.

In addition, information is presented that addresses the political participation of the minority population in particular. There are also links to resources on minority and immigrant political behavior, as well as links to recent polls on the 2004 presidential election and politics in general. The web-based material serves as a companion to a scholarly volume of essays that currently is being compiled addressing the topic of minority and immigrant political behavior. Contact Jane Junn, professor of political science, Rutgers University, or Elizabeth Matto, visiting associate, Eagleton Institute of Politics, for more information.
   

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  News for a New Generation (.pdf format)
Eagleton's Civic Engagement and Political Participation director Susan Sherr and graduate research assistant Meredith Staples have produced a working paper with initial findings from a study which focuses on what kinds of news are available for young people, why producers create youth-oriented news the way they do, and what young people say they really want in news. The study is funded by a grant from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE).
  

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  Political Generation Next: America's Young Elected Leaders (.pdf format)
The findings in this report, published in Spring, 2004, are drawn from research about young elected officials conducted in 2002 by the Eagleton Institute of Politics as part of the Young Elected Leaders Project (YELP). It presents information concerning who they are, what forces have affected them, and where they stand on issues and ideas about people, politics and government.
 
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Political parties, campaigns, elections
Eagleton has conducted research on:
    campaign discourse
    campaign finance reform
    New Jersey campaigns
    representative democracy
    political parties
    presidential election campaigns

Public opinion polling and survey research
The Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling/Eagleton Poll (ECPIP), founded in 1971, established one of the nation's first university-based statewide public opinion polls, which has become a significant feature of the New Jersey political and public policy landscape. For more information, click here.
 

State legislatures, state politics, policymaking
Eagleton has conducted research on:
    civic education
    ethics
    lobbying and lobbyists
    women in state legislatures

  

  
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Women's political participation and impact
The Center for American Women and Politics was founded in 1971 to promote greater knowledge and understanding about women's changing relationship to politics and government and to enhance women's influence and leadership in public life.For more information visit CAWP's web site here.
  

 

News Archives

 

Check here for a listing of previously posted news items, articles, editorials and speeches.
  
Special archive: New Jersey's Gubernatorial Succession Problem
Several articles posted here about this issue, including opinion pieces and summary of a seminar held on this issue, with related resource materials.

  

  
Publications
  Our centers publish materials related to their research areas. In addition, we will soon provide lists of published research, books and reports from our faculty members.
  
 

Eagleton Newsletter
Recent editions of the Eagleton newsletter are available here (.pdf format):
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Center for American Women and Politics
Fact sheets on women and politics available online or printed; subjects include current and historical statistics on women in elective office, elections and the gender gap, lists of women's PACS and legislative organizations, graphs and more...
 
Books, reports and other material on issues like the impact of women in public office, bringing more women into office, abortion and politics, women as candidates and more...
    
 
Rutgers-Eagleton Poll
Press releases on recent and past public opinion polls taken in New Jersey on subjects like gambling in New Jersey; candidates in New Jersey; sex, lies and the presidency; public education; and more...

 

 

 

 

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