The Center for Political Participation

05/17/2022

It’s Primary Election Day! Go vote, Gators!

PA is holding the primary election today for Democratic and Republican party candidates. If you are registered to vote, you may go to your polling location today any time before polls close at 8:00 pm. In Pennsylvania’s “closed” primary election, you can only vote for the candidates in the sam...

02/10/2022

Dramatic differences in self-assessments of who should run for office. Many of our students have taken advantage of programs, like Ready to Run, that try to close the “ambition gap.”

Despite appearances, politics is still a man's game.

11/15/2021

Allegheny College reported that student voting increased 10.5% in last year’s presidential election, rising to 71.5% in 2020 from a rate of 61% in 2016.

11/08/2021

Join the Andrew Goodman Foundation student Ambassadors for a webinar prior to the performance of "Bourbon at the Border" this Thursday!

The Allegheny community is invited to join a live webinar on youth voting rights and access with Clarence B. Jones, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s lawyer and speechwriter. The event is sponsored by the Andrew Goodman Foundation. The webinar will be streamed live at 6 p.m. in 111 Vukovich Center Thu...

10/27/2021

Jordanian Ambassador to the U.S., Dina Kawar, today at 12:40 in Quigley! Lunch provided.

10/27/2021

Rides to the polls! Brooks Walk, Tuesday, November 2

On Election Day, Tuesday, November 2, the CPP and Andrew Goodman Foundation Student Ambassadors will host rides to the polls for all Allegheny community members interested in voting in person. Meet the bus at the top of Brooks Walk (on North Main St.) between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm to catch a ride to (...

09/22/2021

L&P guest lecturer Jon Erickson (UVM) on Monday night at 7:00!

The L&P Seminar on Economic Growth and the Environment hosts guest lecturer Jon Erickson (University of Vermont) on Monday, September 27 at 7:00 pm in the Tillotson Room of Tippie Alumni Center.

09/10/2021

Join the CPP and the Law & Policy program for our annual Constitution Day address “Nonpartisan(?) Judicial Elections” with Dr. Chris W. Bonneau, Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh. The address is scheduled for Friday, September 17, at 12:40 pm in Quigley Auditorium. Dr. Bonneau is the author of “Judicial Elections in the 21st Century,” “In Defense of Judicial Elections,” and “Voters’ Verdicts: Citizens, Campaigns, and Institutions in State Supreme Court Elections,” among many other award-winning scholarly books and articles. Most recently, Bonneau received the 2021 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Pittsburgh.

03/26/2021

Remembering our friend and CPP Fellow Brian Hill today.

Brian Hill, ’19, had many passions and talents — video production, law, politics, social justice, art, music, the list goes on. Among them, one quality distinct to Brian was his green thumb. “He was so passionate about plants,” Sophia Stabley, ’19, Brian’s girlfriend, said. “One of his...

03/12/2021

Great job by Emma Godel, our CPP student fellows, and all the student leaders who coordinated this effort. National recognition for their good, hard work!

01/12/2021

A type of “radical partisanship” is far too common for comfort.