2013

• 04/09/13 http://nbcnews.to/YhORaG -  Are women more effective legislators? (The Cycle, msnbc.msn.com)  Video features Craig Volden, who co-wrote: When are Women More Effective Lawmakers than Men? with Alan E. Wiseman and Dana E. Wittmer [forthcoming] American Journal of Political Science.
• 03/01/13  http://bit.ly/123Twl9  - (Courtesy of Vanderbilt University Law School) Video features Bingham G. Powell 2012 APSA Address Representation in Context.  CSDI co-hosted a conference titled Political Representation: Fifty Years after Miller and Stokes that focused on contemporary scholarship on representation in different national, sub-national, and comparative settings though a variety of methodological approaches. The keynote presentation of the conference was Professor G. Bingham Powell's lecture on "Representation in Context." Powell, the Wilson Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester, was scheduled to deliver the lecture marking the end of his term as president of the American Political Science Association. Since that event was cancelled due to extreme weather conditions, CSDI provided the forum for the address.
• 01/29/13 http://bit.ly/Zf103C -  Vanderbilt Professor comments on minority party congresswomen (news.vanderbilt.edu) By Amy Wolf - Features Alan E. Wiseman, author of When are Women More Effective Lawmakers than Men? (with Craig Volden and Dana E. Wittmer) [forthcoming] American Journal of Political Science
• 01/09/13 http://bit.ly/10VSmXv - What to Expect in Obama's Second Term (news.vanderbilt.edu) Video features David E. Lewis VU Lunch & Learn Series

2012

• 12/19/12 http://bit.ly/YwwpzE - The Elusive Mandate: Searching for Meaning in Presidential Elections (Courtesy  Harvard University) video features speaker Larry M. Bartels, May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science and CSDI Co-director, at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University. To see slides from the 11/27/12 talk: click here
• 12/12/12   http://bit.ly/YiDcbI - Vanderbilt University News Conference (Courtesy Vanderbilt University) John G. Geer and Joshua D. Clinton discuss VU Poll results. 
• 11/06/12 http://nbcnews.to/16SO1XE  - Behind the scenes at the NBC Decision Desk (msnbc.msn.com) Video features Joshua D. Clinton at NBS Decision Desk, Election 2012. 
• 11/06/12  http://n.pr/154cZVq - How Obama Took the Battleground States (National Public Radio) by Scott Neuman --"The president's base came out in force. In most of the battleground states, blacks and Latinos supplied the margin of victory, says John G. Geer, a professor of presidential politics and public opinion at Vanderbilt University."
• 11/05/12 http://bit.ly/12VLklR - Previewing the Presidential Campaigns before Election Day (Courtesy brookings.edu) Video features former CSDI Graduate Affiliate, John Hudak, Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.
• 11/05/12  http://n.pr/YiHoIu -  The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of This Year's Campaign Ads(National Public Radio) by Brian Naylor. Hosted by Robert Siegel. Radio interview with John G. Geer on negative ad campaigning.
• 06/23/12 http://n.pr/KFtEVC - Putting A Positive Spin On Negative Campaigning ( National Public Radio) by Staff - "There is no democratic country in the world that doesn't have negativity in it." - John G. Geer
• 06/12 http://nbcnews.to/XxbM4C - (The Cycle, msnbc.msn.com) Interview features John G. Geer discussing the issue of  negative campaigning.
• 03/07/12 http://n.pr/10ZYonf - Pro-Romney SuperPAC Spent Big On Super Tuesday (National Public Radio) by Peter Overby - "Given what Romney spent in Ohio in the last week, at least we have one hypothesis about why he closed the gap," says John Geer, a political scientist at Vanderbilt University who specializes in political advertising. "He simply outspent Santorum by, you know, a dramatic amount."
• 02/12/12 http://n.pr/13b5sE8  - Advertising War Heats Up Before Michigan Primary (National Public Radio) by Bryan Naylor -  "JOHN GEER: The idea that negativity itself becomes an issue in a campaign is, of course, interesting and speaks to the amount of negativity that's going on and it's something that's really only about 20 years old."
• 02/06/12 http://n.pr/wcD90n  Negative Political Ad Campaigns Bigger Than Ever (National Public Radio) Host: Audie Cornish - "GEER: Well, it's been really negative this year by any kind of standard."

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