Stories by Josh Pasek

Josh Pasek is a professor of communication and media and political science, a faculty associate at the Center for Political Studies in the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research and a core faculty member at the Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society at the University of Michigan.

US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves on stage with a crowd of supporters holding "Kamala" signs in the background as she arrives to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, on August 22, 2024

OpinionSeptember 10, 2024

Kamala Harris’s Ascent Shows How Political Hardball—And Smart Polling—Pays Off

So far, enthusiasm for the Harris campaign has vindicated Democratic Party elites’ decision to push Joe Biden out of the race. Was this just a lucky guess based on political vibes? Or were there actual data supporting the decision?

Brianna Zichettella, Josh Pasek