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The Upper Midwest Center on Public Policy (UMCPP) at North Dakota State University (NDSU) is a research and educational unit dedicated to providing a better understanding of political and governmental processes in North Dakota, Minnesota, and beyond. The UMCPP was established in December 2013.

Dr. Nick Bauroth is the director of the Center.  He can be contacted at nicholas.bauroth@ndsu.edu.

 

The Center's recent projects include:

A mail survey of Fargo voters titled 'Report on a Mail Survey of Fargo Voter Attitudes Towards Local Governance.' Released December 2023, posted January 2024.

A study titled 'Introducing Two New Datasets: An Overview of North Dakota Legislative Campaign Contributions and Expenditures During the 2022 Election Cycle.' Two Excel datasets were released in conjuction with this overview. Released September 2023.

A study of the North Dakota college voting experiences in the 2022 elections titled 'The Midterm Elections: Report on the 2020 North Dakota Student Political Engagement Survey.' Released April 2023.

A study of contributions and expenditures to state house and senate candidates titled 'North Dakota Legislative Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Over the 2020 Election Cycle."

An examination of the college voting experiences in the 2020 election titled 'Report on the 2020 North Dakota Student Political Engagement Survey.' Released April 2021.

A study of changes to North Dakota campaign reporting requirements for legislative campaign committees and their impact upon the 2018 electoral cycle titled 'A Better Understanding: The Effect of Revisions to North Dakota Campaign Law upon Transparency in the 2018 Legislative Elections.' Released March 2020.  

An examination of college student voting experiences in the 2018 election titled 'Sweating the Midterms: Results of a Survey of North Dakota College Students Regarding Attitudes and Voting Experiences in the 2018 Midterm Election.' Released February 2019.

A study of North Dakota campaign financing in legislative elections titled 'The Data is Still Missing: An Examination of Campaign Contributions to Legislative Campaign Committees in North Dakota, 2016'. The study and data set are in the Studies and Reports section. Released October 2017.

An examination of college student support for the various presidential candidates in the 2016 election titled '2016 North Dakota College Student Voter Study, Part 2.' Released March 2017.

An examination of college student voting experiences in the 2016 election titled '2016 North Dakota College Student Voter Study, Part 1.' Released March 2017. 

A study on North Dakota campaign financing in legislative elections titled 'Missing Data: An Examination of Campaign Contributions to Legislative Campaign Committees in North Dakota'. The study and accompanying data sets are in the Studies and Reports section. Released July 2016

An oral history of the MnDak Upstream Coalition titled 'Protest on the Red River: An Oral History of the MnDak Upstream Coalition'.  A report on this oral history is in the Studies and Reports section. Released April 2015.

A study of North Dakota campaign financing called 'Transparency in North Dakota Financing: An Examination of Campaign Contributions to Statewide Candidate Committees, Political Action Committees, Multi-Candidate Political Committees, and State Political Parties, 2009-2014'.  The report and accompanying data set is in the Studies and Reports section. Released July 2015.


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