The Center for Politics and Public Affairs, established in 2004, fosters the study of politics and public policy. It is under the auspices of the College's Floyd Institute for Public Policy Analysis.

The Center holds public and campus forums and specialized sessions dealing with a wide variety of public and political matters. In addition, it sponsors specific lectures and seminars with other institutional and community partners for the purpose of stimulating discourse on political and policy issues.

In addition, the Center coordinates various fellowships and internship programs, conducts public policy and political research, publishes its own research on policy and political topics, and oversees the Franklin & Marshall College Poll (formerly the Keystone Poll), the oldest Pennsylvania statewide poll exclusively directed and produced in the state.

The Franklin & Marshall College Poll (formerly the Keystone Poll) has several media partners: The Philadelphia Daily News, WGAL-TV (Lancaster), The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, WTAE-TV (Pittsburgh), Times-Shamrock Newspapers (Northeast PA), and WPVI-TV (Philadelphia).

Staff & Facilities

The Center is directed by Dr. G. Terry Madonna, Director of the Franklin & Marshall College Poll and Professor of Public Affairs at Franklin & Marshall College.

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The Center is located on the third floor of the Harris Center on the F&M campus in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The Center can be reached at:

Center for Politics and Public Affairs
PO Box 3003
Lancaster, PA 17604-3003
PH: 717.291.4052
FX: 717.358.4666
terry.madonna@fandm.edu

The Sixth Year Itch: The Rise and Fall of the George W. Bush Presidency

This new book by political scholar and commentator Larry J. Sabato helps students, voters, and citizens understand the issues and actions that mattered most in the 2006 midterm elections and previews the 2008 presidential race. The Sixth Year Itch contains original chapters by Sabato, as well as contributed chapters by prominent journalists and scholars who are on the political frontlines, including G. Terry Madonna of Franklin & Marshall's Center for Politics and Public Affairs.

Pivotal Pennsylvania: Presidential Politics from FDR to the Twenty-First Century

Each presidential election year, it has become common to hear Pennsylvania described as a "battleground state." How and why did such competitive politics take shape? When did Pennsylvania become so pivotal in electing the president of the United States? In this volume, one of the state's leading political analysts answers these questions by taking readers behind the scenes of convention dramas and onto the campaign trail as national candidates and favorite sons vie for support. This authoritative, richly detailed history by G. Terry Madonna traces the evolution of presidential politics in Pennsylvania from FDR to the twenty-first century. (ISBN 1-932304-40-1/Price $14.95)