Political Science

Voters in the Unites States are frustrated by the current two-party policy system; and several reports show the majority of Americans don’t feel like their political views are represented by the Democratic or Republican Party. But primaries only open to...

Endless pivots in the 2020 curriculum and academic environment inspired a University of New Mexico group to rally – ensuring graduate students had the tools needed to search for jobs in an increasingly competitive market. The coronavirus pandemic has...

University of New Mexico student Emma Hotz is one of just 193 from institutions across the country to be a 2021 Truman Scholarship Finalist. Hotz is a recipient of the UNM Scholars Scholarship studying Political Science and Sociology, with a Political...

A version of this story originally appeared in Brookings' How We Rise blog and was republished with permission from Brookings Institute. Gabriel Sanchez is a Professor of Political Science at The University of New Mexico, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow for...

New Mexicans want a redistricting process they can trust, finds a new survey released by the UNM Center for Social Policy. A poll of 500 random sample registered and likely voters in New Mexico revealed a desire for more competitiveness, transparency,...

There was major enthusiasm about the Native American electorate’s potential role in the 2020 election outcome following a historic 2018 mid-term election where the importance of the Native American population as both voters and candidates reached unprecedented levels.

In the wake of the 2020 Election results there will be a lot of post-mortem analyses of Latino voters. What has become clear is that Latino voters were highly motivated to vote and were very focused on two critical policy issues. Just second to COVID-19...

A version of this story originally appeared in Brookings' How We Rise blog and was republished with permission from Brookings Institute. Gabriel Sanchez is a Professor of Political Science at The University of New Mexico, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow for...

This story originally appeared in Brookings' How We Rise blog and was republished with permission from Brookings Institute. Gabriel Sanchez is a Professor of Political Science at The University of New Mexico and is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow for...

With the 2020 General Election on the horizon, New Mexico is among many states looking at how to continue developing free, fair, safe and secure election processes. “The public must perceive that voting is easy and accessible, while at the same time...