In The News: Department of Political Science

Courthouse News Service

Silver State Republicans kept their caucus and blasted Democrats' switch to a primary as a "very expensive and meaningless process."

Courthouse News Service

Silver State Republicans kept their caucus and blasted Democrats' switch to a primary as a "very expensive and meaningless process."

Lawfare

Public attention to politics is a common good.

Lingua Sinica

We ask six Taiwanese experts to appraise how the country's press corps handled coverage of its presidential and legislative elections in January.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Newly released sales tax figures from the state show that economic activity in November outpaced previous months, suggesting the depth of Formula One’s impact.

China Media Project

Since ChatGPT was unveiled to the world just over two years ago, prompting what some have called an “artificial intelligence revolution,” China has been playing catch-up. But when it comes to applying AI to super-fuel the media control and propaganda objectives of the government, both at home and overseas, China may be ahead of the game — even if the results so far are mixed.

New York Times

New Hampshire's ballot didn't include President Biden. South Carolina has two primaries. Nevada has a primary and a caucus. A morass of dates and formats could keep some voters away. Democracy is messy, but usually not this messy.

Las Vegas Sun

Former President Donald Trump took to social media last week minutes after being declared the winner of the Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire.

Axios

Nevada's Republican delegates are all but locked up for former President Trump, even though the contest isn't for another week and a half.

Nevada Independent

Abortion rights are likely most at risk in the courts and through the executive branch.

Las Vegas Weekly

One might expect that a candidate nominating process designed by Republican leadership, filled with fake electors from 2020, would be unusual. But the Nevada GOP’s precedent-breaking caucus for determining the 2024 presidential nomination has proven to be perhaps the most confounding process in the nation.

USA Today

Donald Trump is going to lose Nevada's Republican primary election next month, and the victory instead will likely go to Nikki Haley. Or maybe just "none of these." Confused? You're not the only one.