William (Bill) Crotty

North­eastern on Thursday hosted its fourth annual con­fer­ence on pres­i­den­tial elec­tions and politics.

A day after the nation went to the polls, we’re talking to North­eastern fac­ulty mem­bers about Pres­i­dent Barack Obama’s elec­toral win over Repub­lican Mitt Romney, despite an extremely close pop­ular vote count. Check in throughout the day to see what experts from across the uni­ver­sity are saying about what the results mean for the nation and the world.

As the nation heads to the polls, here is a roundup of our pres­i­den­tial elec­tion cov­erage and where to watch the elec­tion results on campus.

Experts in polit­ical analysis, public speaking and pres­i­den­tial debates weigh in on Thursday’s debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.

Polit­ical sci­ence pro­fes­sors William Mayer and William Crotty examine the impor­tance of polit­ical con­ven­tions and whether party plat­forms matter to voters and candidates.

Pre­sump­tive Repub­lican pres­i­den­tial nom­inee Mitt Romney selected Wis­consin Con­gressman Paul Ryan as his run­ning mate on Sat­urday, ending months of spec­u­la­tion over who the former Mass­a­chu­setts gov­ernor would choose. We … read more »

Polit­ical sci­ence pro­fessor Bill Crotty weighs in on the pres­i­den­tial race between Barack Obama and Repub­lican Mitt Romney.

Ten states held pri­maries or cau­cuses on Super Tuesday, one of the biggest days of this year’s elec­tion season. We asked William Crotty, the Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Public Life and pro­fessor of polit­ical sci­ence, to weigh in on the latest elec­tion results.

As the Repub­lican pres­i­den­tial con­tenders engaged in a full-​​court press of cam­paigning ahead of today’s New Hamp­shire pri­mary, a group of 17 polit­ical sci­ence stu­dents and three pro­fes­sors were in the Granite State on Sunday to expe­ri­ence it first-​​hand. We talked to senior Nick Beek, the former pres­i­dent of the university’s Polit­ical Sci­ence Stu­dent Asso­ci­a­tion and cur­rent pres­i­dent of the North­eastern Uni­ver­sity Col­lege Democ­rats, to dis­cuss what he observed.

On Tuesday, Repub­lican pres­i­den­tial can­di­date Mitt Romney won the Iowa cau­cuses by a grand total of eight votes over Rick San­torum, whose surging can­di­dacy over­shad­owed the former Mass­a­chu­setts governor’s slim vic­tory. We asked polit­ical sci­ence pro­fessor William Crotty, who spe­cial­izes in Amer­ican polit­ical par­ties and elec­tions, to ana­lyze the impli­ca­tions of the opening round of the GOP race for the White House.

Scholars met last week to dis­cuss the state of the 2012 pres­i­den­tial cam­paign, which is already in full swing with the first GOP pri­maries only two months away.

A day­long con­fer­ence at North­eastern Uni­ver­sity on Thursday will explore the fas­ci­nating sub­plots of the polit­ical land­scape now that the 2012 elec­tions are less than a year away. The event was orga­nized by North­eastern Uni­ver­sity polit­ical sci­ence pro­fessor William Crotty, the Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Public Life. To pre­view the con­fer­ence, we asked Crotty to examine how Pres­i­dent Barack Obama has fared in his first term in dealing with resis­tance from the Repub­lican Party.

Addressing both houses of Con­gress on Thursday night, Pres­i­dent Obama intro­duced the “Amer­ican Jobs Act,” a plan to help stim­u­late the trou­bled U.S. economy and encourage job cre­ation. Obama urged Con­gress to act quickly to pass the bill and made an effort to include pro­grams that have been sup­ported by both par­ties. We asked William Crotty, the Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Public Life and pro­fessor of polit­ical sci­ence, to pro­vide his per­spec­tive on the jobs plan and what role pol­i­tics might play in its suc­cess or failure.

Repub­lican hope­fuls faced off at Monday’s GOP pres­i­den­tial debate in New Hamp­shire, after which most pun­dits voted front-​​runner Mitt Romney best in show. William Crotty, the Thomas P O’Neill pro­fessor of polit­ical sci­ence at North­eastern and expert in pres­i­den­tial elec­tions, explains Repub­li­cans‘ pri­mary cam­paign issues, the tac­tics used by pres­i­den­tial can­di­dates to stand out in a debate and why Romney is leading the GOP field, for now.

A con­fer­ence on the president’s first two years fea­tured pan­elists from uni­ver­si­ties throughout New England

As the nation rebounds from eco­nomic dis­aster and faces polit­ical divide in Wash­ington, Pres­i­dent Barack Obama deliv­ered his State of the Union address Tuesday night that put the economy front … read more »