Delaware Debates 2020 – Gubernatorial
Candidates for governor of Delaware convened on Tuesday, October 13, for the first night of Delaware Debates 2020, a virtual event hosted by the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication and Delaware Public Media. The major-party candidates for governor, incumbent Democrat John C. Carney Jr. and Republican challenger Julianne E. Murray, answered questions and discussed issues with moderator Ralph Begleiter during the hour-long debate. Learn more at cpc.udel.edu/delawaredebates.
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National Agenda 2019: Direction Democracy featuring John Della Volpe
John Della Volpe’s job is to ask questions, and he spends a lot of time thinking about Millennials. At the final event of the University of Delaware’s National Agenda speaker series on November 20, he queried, “What keeps young people up at night” UD junior Alyssa Hornung replied that she is angry about college debt and the soaring cost of health care. She confirmed the observations of Della Volpe, the director of polling for Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics.
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National Agenda 2019: Direction Democracy featuring Rob Rogers
“Even the founding fathers were into political cartooning,” said Rob Rogers. The tradition goes all the way back to the mid-1700s when famous figures in history such as Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere used cartoons to rally support for colonial independence. The University of Delaware welcomed Rogers to its second event in the National Agenda speaker series, “Direction Democracy,” which took place on September 11.
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