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Researchers: Election highlights polarizing urban-rural split

The biggest divide in this nation has seemingly been the way Americans chose to cast their ballots: in-person versus by mail. However, there's another considerable gap. "We are seeing now I think across the country--this division between more metropolitan areas and rural areas,” said University of Virginia professor Dr. Guian McKee, who authored the report "What 2020 Election Results Tell Us About America’s Growing Urban-Rural Divide."
Guian McKee
Bloomberg

Vote Counts in Key States, October Jobs Report

Former Republican Strategist and Bloomberg Contributor Rick Davis breaks down presidential election vote counts in key states. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Diversity Team Leader Rebecca Greenfield discuss the story “Record Number GOP Women Voted to Congress, With Scant Party Help.” Chris Lu, Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia Miller Center and Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor, details the October jobs report and shares his thoughts on the election results. Congressman Denver Riggleman and Republican Representative for Virginia's 5th district walks through misinformation surrounding election results.
Chris Lu
USA Today

A close presidential election deepens the nation's divide. How do we live together now?

"People say things like that all the time, which ruffles the feathers of historians and political scientists," said Barbara Perry, co-chair of the Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia's Miller Center. "We had the Civil War. You can't get any more partisan and polarized than that, where the country literally breaks apart, 11 states leave the union, form their own country. ... Some people will say, 'How about 1968?' Yes. That was a horrible, horrible year as well. That was like this only with assassinations."
Barbara Perry
Cav Daily

Miller Center panel discusses precedents, voter demographics following 2020 election

This was the second daily webinar organized by the Center, a product of the combined efforts of the Miller Center, the Democracy Initiative and the new Institute of Democracy to provide expert guidance on deconstructing the post-election climate.

Miller Center Director William Antholis and Democracy Initiative Co-Director Melody Barnes hosted three scholars of varying disciplines in American history and politics.
William Antholis
Cav Daily

Miller Center panel discusses precedents, voter demographics following 2020 election

This was the second daily webinar organized by the Center, a product of the combined efforts of the Miller Center, the Democracy Initiative and the new Institute of Democracy to provide expert guidance on deconstructing the post-election climate. Miller Center Director William Antholis and Democracy Initiative Co-Director Melody Barnes hosted three scholars of varying disciplines in American history and politics.
Melody Barnes