21: Fly-to States
Election Special! We discuss the Midwest as a political battleground and both the electoral importance and changing role of the Vice President with Dr. Chris Devine of the University of Dayton. Plus: the return of the euphemistic spit, Stuart gets maudlin, etc.
- Chris Devine webpage
- Chris Devine twitter
- Conservative Heartland
- Chris’ book: Do Running Mates Matter?
- Census data tables showing the Midwest growing more slowly than the South and West
- Wikipedia entry on the Electoral College
- Wikipedia entry on the United States congressional apportionment
- John Nance Garner bio from the Briscoe Center for American History
- List of Vice Presidents by home state
- The Familiar Faces Project on Twitter
- https://www.blackinscicomm.com
Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host: Megan Gunn
Producers: Hope Charters, Carolyn Foley, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles
Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Creators and Guests
Host
Stuart Carlton
Stuart Carlton is the Assistant Director of the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program. He manages the day-to-day operation of IISG and works with the IISG Director and staff to coordinate all aspects of the program. He is also a Research Assistant Professor and head of the Coastal and Great Lakes Social Science Lab in the Department of Forestry & Natural Resources at Purdue, where he and his students research the relationship between knowledge, values, trust, and behavior in complex or controversial environmental systems.