Keith Gaddie
Hoffman Chair of the American Ideal and Professor Texas Christian University
- Fort Worth TX
Dr. Gaddie's writes about the American South in architecture, politics, sports, and history.
Media
Social
Biography
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
President’s Award for Outstanding Campus Activities, The University of Oklahoma
2017–2018
Impact Award for Large Scale Development, The Urban Land Institute
2017
The Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council Award
2015
Education
University of Georgia
Ph.D.
Political Science
1993
University of Georgia
M.A.
Political Science
1989
Florida State University
B.S.
Political Science, History
1987
Florida State University
A.A.
Liberal Arts
1986
Affiliations
- Southern Political Science Association
- Southwestern Social Science Association
- American Institute of Architects
- American Bar Association
Media Appearances
Communication Lessons From Kamala Harris’ Debate With Donald Trump
Forbes online
2024-09-11
Harris was “engaging in less of a conventional debate, than in using prosecutor techniques to trigger Mr. Trump. Her prodding him on rallies really seemed to push him into increasingly incoherent and hyperbolic answers,” Keith Gaddie, Hoffman Family Chair in the American Ideal and professor at Texas Christian University, pointed out in an email message.
The 6 top VP picks for Kamala Harris, ranked from most to least business-friendly
Fortune online
2024-07-24
“As an Arizonan, Kelly is arguably the most pro-business candidate,” Keith Gaddie, political science professor at Texas Christian University, tells Fortune. “He doesn’t support the Green New Deal, and has advocated for loosening oil drilling regulations.” His opposition to the Green New Deal may not make him popular among all progressives, but energy companies could favor his position.
The GOP presidential nominee isn't in question, but OK lawmakers expect debates at the convention
The Oklahoman online
2024-07-11
"What they are gonna do is there'll be all the pageantry and a stinging indictment of the the last three years of the Biden administration," said Keith Gaddie, a political scientist at Texas Christian University. "You're also gonna see an effort to frame this as Trump's reelection campaign."
US election stumbles into new territory after Trump verdict
Times of Malta online
2024-05-31
But Keith Gaddie, a political analyst and professor at Texas Christian University, said the political impact of the shocking events has yet to be determined.
"It probably doesn't move a lot of votes, but in particular states with particular swing votes, it could matter around the margins. So in particularly tight races, it can tip things back from one direction to the other," he said.
Fort Worth city council promotes students’ civic engagement
Fort Worth Star-Telegram online
2024-02-08
Keith Gaddie, who is the Hoffman Chair of the American Ideal and a professor of political science at Texas Christian University, says H.B. 3979 and Senate Bill 3 are the result of the ongoing debate about the American narrative.
2024 Elections: Keith Gaddie Addresses Challenges to Democracy
Texas Christian Universiy online
2024-01-22
America is gearing up for a presidential election year. At the core of that is democracy. Keith Gaddie, Hoffman Family Chair in the American Ideal and political science professor, is sharing his insight on the topic of democracy and its critical role in American politics.
How hardball politics, high stakes for senators shape Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial
The Dallas Morning News online
2023-09-08
“It doesn’t mean it’s not legitimate. It’s just political,” said Keith Gaddie, a political science professor at Texas Christian University. “What you’re doing is essentially undoing a constitutional process that puts someone like Paxton into office.”
Event Appearances
Symposium on the 2024 Election in the South
Richard B. Russell Library at the University of Georgia | 2024 Athens, GA
‘Politics and Pizza Roundtable: The Electoral College’
University of Colorado at Boulder | 2024 Boulder, CO
Speaker, ‘National Election Overview’
American Fidelity PAC | 2024 Oklahoma City, OK
Research Grants
Grant # HHM402
U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Intelligence Agency
2014– 2019
Articles
Response to Seth J. Hill’s Review of Democracy’s Meaning: How the Public Understands Democracy and Why It Matters
Perspectives on Politics2023
Before we begin, we would like to thank Seth Hill for his careful read of our work. His criticisms are largely on the mark. They reflect both the limitations of our data and our imagination. In an ideal study, we would have captured elite discourse surrounding questions of democracy, carefully theorized, and tested how such discourse was reflected in public understandings of democracy. We suspect, as Hill observes, that public understandings shift in accordance with elite cues, similar to the process outlined by John Zaller (1992) in The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion. Indeed, we would take this criticism a step further. Elite understandings of democracy shift as elites perceive strategic advantages in advancing procedural or substantive understandings of democracy, and public understandings of democracy follow suit.
Frustrated Majorities: How Issue Intensity Enables Smaller Groups of Voters to Get What They Want. By Seth J. Hill.
Perspectives on Politics2023
In contemporary politics, there is no shortage of pundits and scholars identifying frustrated majorities (and governing minorities) as the root cause of our most recent “crisis of democracy.” In Democracy in America (2020), Benjamin Page and Martin Gilens, for example, make the case that the solution to America’s latest democratic crisis is to empower majorities so that public policy better reflects the public will. Seth Hill thinks differently. Frustrated majorities arise because political candidates are attempting to win popular elections by securing the most votes. They are not ignoring voters or are constrained by institutional design; they are simply responding to voter intensity in ways that increase the probability that they will be elected.
The Systemic Affect of Culture, Power, and Terror in the Southern Public Space
Social Science Quarterly2021
Objective
We explore how political space is disrupted by racialized politics, and how differentiated affect among racial groups emerge in the political space.
Method
We use Goodsell's architectural classifications of public space in conjunction with systems theory to ascertain how differing architectural affects of pride and heritage versus terror and oppression are experienced in the post-bellum South.
