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Anand Sokhey weighs in on new Colorado Political Climate Survey

Election results are at the forefront today. Here to share the pre-election pulse of Colorado is Anand Sohkey, professor of political science at CU Boulder, IBS fellow and co-author of the ninth annual Colorado Political Climate Survey. Sohkey sat down with CU Boulder Today’s Daniel Strain ahead of Election Day to shed light on the survey

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Jaroslav Tir on what impacts voting, pre-election polls ahead of US elections

What influences a person’s decision to vote? And can we trust data from polling projections? Ahead of the 2024 U.S. elections, Jaroslav Tir, professor of political science at CU Boulder and IBS fellow, and Shane Singh, Joshua W. Jones professor of public and international affairs and director of graduate studies in International Affairs at the University of Georgia,

Events

IBS hosts a variety of events for the larger community to learn about new research in the behavioral and social sciences. We offer our biannual Jessor Lectures, our fall and spring semester weekly Speaker Series, as well as a variety of conferences and training sessions. Events are often held both online and in-person at the IBS Building.

IBS draws faculty from across the social and behavioral sciences in work that transcends disciplinary boundaries and illuminates the complexity of social behavior and social life.