politics

Analysis finds ‘county line’ gave huge advantage to New Jersey congressional candidates

August 14, 2020

New Jersey’s dominant primary ballot structure, known as the “county line,” provided a huge advantage to many party-backed candidates in last month’s primary and in some cases resulted in voter confusion and tossed-out votes, according to an analysis by a Rutgers...

Study: NJ’s Primary Ballot Favored Insider Candidates

August 14, 2020

Insider candidates and the politically connected benefited from the layout of New Jersey’s primary ballot in July, according to a new study released Thursday. New Jersey is the only state in the country that allows each county to design its ballot to give...

Organization lines offer significant advantage in primaries, study shows

August 13, 2020

“The county line also increases voter confusion, contributing to overvotes and undervotes. The impact of the county line appeared to be greatest in races that did not involve an incumbent,” said Julia Sass Rubin, an associate professor at the Edward J. Bloustein...

Cutting off our most vulnerable – Intimate partner violence in a pandemic

August 11, 2020

Those facing intimate partner violence can be a particularly vulnerable population during stay-at-home orders.

“Can we get back to politics?”

August 4, 2020

Where do the presidential and congressional races stand? How will the conventions and VP Biden’s selection of a running mate affect the race? We discuss this and more!

Will Republican women, men stand against misogyny? | Opinion

August 3, 2020

.... in the political sphere, dismissing women, feeling comfortable ridiculing and diminishing them, abusing them verbally, has been going on for a long time, violating any sane standard for acceptable behavior. But now, what may have once been thought, even ‘uttered...

New Jersey politics: Why primary ballots make all the difference

July 28, 2020

Stuart Shapiro and Julia Rubin discuss her recent article on the role of political machines in New Jersey and how the design of ballots favor some candidates over others.

Rutgers alumni rank among top 100 figures in NJ politics

November 29, 2017

With a close to the 2017 political election season, PolitickerNJ and InsiderNJ released their power lists to rank who has the most momentum among New Jersey politicians and several people ranked were Rutgers alumni. Both the PolitickerNJ Power List and InsiderNJ 100...

Murphy Goes All in on Technology as Means to Rehab NJ Economy

November 28, 2017

Murphy’s transition effort is being led by executive director Jose Lozano, who served as a member of former Gov. Jon Corzine’s administration. Carl Van Horn, the director of Rutgers University’s John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, is serving as a senior...

Eleven Bloustein students selected as Eagleton Graduate Fellows

September 19, 2017

Eleven Bloustein School graduate students were among the 27 fellows selected for the Eagleton Institute of Politics 60th class of Eagleton Fellows. Eight Master of Public Policy, one Master of City and Regional Planning, and two dual MPP/MCRP candidates are among the...