Jekyll2025-11-26T19:00:37-08:00https://soniaavargas.com/feed.xmlSAVPhD Student, University of MarylandSonia A. Vargassvargas@umd.eduMy Time at the Washington Post!2024-02-12T00:00:00-08:002024-02-12T00:00:00-08:00https://soniaavargas.com/posts/2024/02/WaPoWithin the University of Maryland’s Government and Politics department, the Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement offers a fellowship with the Washington Post. This year I was chosen out of multiple applicants to be the 5th polling fellow under this 10-week program. Under the polling team I will work in a fast-paced environment on survey curation, data analysis and validation, writing content for articles, and more. Here I will keep a list of links to pieces I helped with or even wrote!

Authored/Bylines:

  1. February 5, 2024 Polls suggest border and immigration bill may be popular
  2. February 24, 2024 How different groups voted in the South Carolina primary, according to exit polls
  3. February 24, 2024 Trump projected to win South Carolina primary, beating Haley
  4. March 5th, 2024 How different groups voted on Super Tuesday primary, according to exit polls

Contributed To:

  1. February 1, 2024 Trump holds large lead over Haley in South Carolina, Post-Monmouth poll finds
  2. February 15, 2024 How Americans define a middle-class lifestyle — and why they can’t reach it
  3. February 27, 2024 Russia looms over yet another Trump presidential campaign
  4. March 6, 2024 Trump pulls closer to GOP nomination with Super Tuesday wins
  5. March 20, 2024 Post-UMD poll: GOP’s Hogan leads both Democrats in Maryland Senate race
  6. March 21, 2024 After voting to legalize weed, Marylanders are mixed on impact, poll finds
  7. April 1, 2024 Nervous about November? Imagine being Biden’s campaign manager.
  8. April 6, 2024 Poll: More Marylanders worried about cost of housing
  9. April 9, 2024 Which Trump lies stick? Republicans believe some falsehoods more than they did six years ago, our poll finds.
]]>Sonia A. Vargassvargas@umd.eduAPSA Diversity Fellowship2023-04-14T00:00:00-07:002023-04-14T00:00:00-07:00https://soniaavargas.com/posts/2023/04/APSA2023is a fellowship competition for individuals from underrepresented backgrounds applying to or in the early stages of doctoral programs in political science. In the 2023-2024 fellow cycle I was offered this fellowship during my second year of my PhD.

Check out the fellow class here!

]]>Sonia A. Vargassvargas@umd.eduGainesville Sun Editorial2021-04-27T00:00:00-07:002021-04-27T00:00:00-07:00https://soniaavargas.com/posts/2021/04/GNVSUNThis editorial was written by fellow classmates and me for an undergraduate course on political behavior in my senior year at the University of Florida. We chose a relevant topic at the time and analyzed data for a term paper. We chose to turn this into a journalistic style article with help from Professor Hannah Alarian.

Check out the article here!

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