Darren Davis
Political Science
Professor of Political Science
Director for the Center for Social Research
- Political psychology
- Public opinion
- Political behavior
- Elections
- Racial politics
- Methodology
- Media and communications
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The Daily Mining Gazette
60 Years After Bloody Sunday, We have Not Completely Overcome
March 18, 2025
The results of this survey coincide with the research of David C. Wilson, dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and Darren W. Davis, Snyder Family Mission Professor at the University of Notre Dame.
Newsweek
Will Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Give Trump Inauguration Boost Like Reagan?
January 15, 2025
"Trump could get a Reagan-like boost in support if there is a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian hostage crisis," said Eileen M. Hunt, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame.
"Although President Reagan may have received a boost in presidential approval—rally around the flag effect—from the Israel hostage crisis in the 1980s, the country was not in era of political polarization," said Darren Davis, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame.
Newsweek
Did AI Influence the Election Result? Experts' Verdicts
November 20, 2024
"I think it is too soon to tell the extent AI played in the 2024 presidential election," said Darren W. Davis, Ph.D., Department of Political Science.
The New York Times
Is Harris’s Race or Gender Affecting Her Support? ‘It’s Very Complicated.’
October 31, 2024
“There’s a lot here to disentangle,” said Darren Davis, a political scientist at Notre Dame who studies public opinion and political behavior.
Associated Press
Inspired by Harris, many Black sorority and fraternity members are helping downballot races
October 31, 2024
Voter registration and nonpartisan get-out-the-vote efforts by the sororities and fraternities, coupled with the mobilization of individual members, could potentially have an impact on some of these races, said Darren Davis, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame.
The New York Times
Trump Has Turned It Up to 11
October 16, 2024
How crucial is racial and ethnic hostility to Trump’s presidential campaign? Darren Davis, a political scientist at Notre Dame, addressed that question in an email.
Miami Herald
Is Kamala Harris losing support of Black men? Experts weigh in on concerns after poll
October 16, 2024
“This is a Democratic Party issue that Kamala Harris inherited,” Darren Davis, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, told McClatchy News.
The Guardian
‘Racial resentment’ a factor in violence of 6 January 2021, study says
June 13, 2024
“What Trump and Republicans did was they tried to make the point that something nefarious was going on in areas that were primarily African American,” said David Wilson, dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, who published the study with Darren Davis, a professor of political science at Notre Dame.
FinanceBuzz
Nearly 70% of People Are Worried About a Recession in the Next Year [Election Survey]
March 20, 2024
While our study gave good insight into voters’ feelings going into this election, we also had our own questions about the influence of various economic factors on voter turnout. To find out, we asked an expert to weigh in: Darren W. Davis, the Snyder Family Mission Endowed Professor of Political Science, in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame.
Our Sunday Visitor
Restored Black Catholic churches show power of Black Catholic tradition to evangelize
February 27, 2023
Darren Davis, professor at the University of Notre Dame and co-author of “Perseverance in the Parish?: Religious Attitudes from a Black Catholic Perspective,” estimates that anywhere from 200 to 400 parishes in the U.S. reflect the African American heritage in Catholic life.
phys.org
Political motivation often comes down to personal assessment of other races' 'deservingness'
March 31, 2022
"Everyday people are implicated, not because they are racist but because they possess certain values that lock in disadvantage for African Americans," wrote Darren Davis, the Snyder Family Mission Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, and David C. Wilson, professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, in their new book, "Racial Resentment in the Political Mind," published by the University of Chicago Press.
South Bend Tribune
St. Joe County election maps would bolster party strongholds, box out Democratic candidate
October 31, 2021
“I don’t see anything really too egregious here,” said Darren Davis, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame.