by Austin Albertson | Feb 17, 2018 | Skidmore College
After the release of their 4th wave of survey results, Bright Line Watch, a “democracy watch-dog” of sorts, has compiled some extensive data concerning the state of the American democracy. The results of the survey are hardly conclusive on the functioning of our...
by Wallace Anne Cloud | Feb 16, 2018 | Skidmore College
Bright Line Watch was created by a group of Political Science professors shortly after the 2016 presidential elections. Over a span of a few months, beginning with the first published results in February 2017, Bright Line Watch has released the results of their...
by Wyeth Taylor | Feb 16, 2018 | Skidmore College
In today’s polarized political time, there is division about everything relating to democracy, including the state of our democracy itself. A large part of this viewpoint centers on one’s political alignment, and by extension how one feels about the direction the...
by Jane Huber | Feb 16, 2018 | Skidmore College
November 9th, 2016. I woke up, read the news, and was convinced our country was deteriorating to shambles. From my perspective, democracy in the United States was failing, but was it really? The system worked the way it has for years. The electoral college and the...
by Izzi Bertolozzi | Feb 16, 2018 | Skidmore College
Bright Line Watch is an organization that, according to their website, “brings together a group of political scientists to monitor democratic practices, their resilience, and potential threats.” The group recently released it’s Wave 4 survey data. Bright Line Watch...
