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Assistant Professor of Government D. Sunshine Hillygus, who teaches Government 1352, “Campaigns and Elections,” warned against any assumptions that volunteer work on a campaign will translate directly into...
...Hillygus said that what her students learned in the classroom—such as the disconnect between actual results and exit polls—helped them interpret yesterday’s election results...
Though her students may not have been surprised by the results, Hillygus said she sensed dissatisfaction in a class composed primarily of Kerry supporters...
According to Hillygus, students pondered whether things could have been done differently, asking questions like “What can be done in the future? Does this predict that Democrats have little chance at national office for some time...
...Hillygus, who teaches “Campaigns and Elections,” said that her pro-Kerry colleagues’ ability to correctly predict a Bush victory offered them some solace. “There was a little bit of consolation in that,” she said. “Political scientists got it right this time...