Geoffrey Layman
Department of Political Science
Chair; Professor of American Politics
- American politics
- Political parties
- Public opinion
- Voting behavior
- Religion and politics
- Research methods
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National Catholic Reporter
April 03, 2025
By David Campbell, the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy, University of Notre Dame; and Geoffrey C. Layman, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame.
The Conversation
April 01, 2025
By David Campbell, the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame, and Geoffrey C. Layman, Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame.
WSBT TV
Video
November 05, 2024
Tuesday's election will determine the next U.S. President, and is the most closely watched race on the ballot. Notre Dame Political Science Chair Geoff Layman joined WSBT 22's Bob Montgomery and Leanne Tokars to discuss when a final result could be declared, and swing states among other things to watch for in the Presidential race.
National Catholic Reporter
October 21, 2024
"I don't see any path to 270 [electoral votes] for either candidate without winning Pennsylvania," Geoffrey Layman, the chairman of political science at the University of Notre Dame, told the National Catholic Reporter, referring to the number of electoral votes needed to secure victory.
WSBT TV
Video
October 01, 2024
WSBT 22 is hosting a town hall on the upcoming election. Anchor Bob Montgomery is speaking with three political experts from Notre Dame and IU South Bend, including Geoff Layman, chair of the political science department and a professor at the University of Notre Dame, and Dianne Pinderhughes, who is also a political science professor at Notre Dame.
National Catholic Reporter
September 11, 2024
"Because of Dobbs, the politics of abortion became infinitely easier for the Democrats and infinitely harder for the Republicans, and it put Trump in a difficult position because he's the person who did it through his Supreme Court appointments, which he wants to take credit for," said Geoffrey Layman, the chairman of political science at the University of Notre Dame.
Chicago Tribune
August 19, 2024
“What 2020 showed is that to some degree you don’t need to have in-person conventions,” said Geoff Layman, professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame. “You can get by without an in-person convention and it might even be more effective in terms of the product that is being provided to ordinary Americans.”
Miami Herald
June 14, 2024
A number of major issues, at home and abroad, could be driving younger voters away from Biden and toward Trump, multiple experts said...America’s involvement in Israel’s war against Hamas “is obviously a big reason for it,” Geoffrey Layman, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame, told McClatchy News.
USA Today
May 29, 2022
A large reason for the increase of religiously unaffiliated Americans is the rising role of religion in politics, primarily within the Republican Party, according to Geoff Layman, the chair of the department of political science at the University of Notre Dame.
The Washington Post
January 14, 2022
“Secularism is at the very heart of the battles for the soul of the Democratic Party,” write the authors, political scientists John C. Green of the University of Akron and David E. Campbell and Geoffrey C. Layman, both of the University of Notre Dame.
USA Today
September 19, 2021
David Campbell and Geoffrey Layman are professors at the University of Notre Dame; John Green is an emeritus professor at the University of Akron.
The Daily Beast
March 21, 2021
According to political scientists David E. Campbell and Geoffrey C. Layman of the University of Notre Dame and John C. Green of the University of Akron, authors of Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics, this corruption is happening already.
Religion News Service
March 12, 2021
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