Political Science Insights to Illuminate the News
Brian Schaffner is the Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies in Political Science and Tisch College at Tufts University and the co-director of the Cooperative Election Study. His research focuses on public opinion, campaigns and elections, political parties, and race and prejudice in American politics. He is co-author of the books Hometown Inequality: Race, Class, and Representation in American Local Politics and Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail. He is currently an Andrew Carnegie Fellow.