Before the ballot: Advice from Oakland University Professor Julie Walters

Before the ballot: Advice from Oakland University Professor Julie Walters

Campaign ads can introduce a candidate in seconds, but understanding a policy proposal takes more than a slogan.  For Oakland University students following Michigan’s gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races, Professor Julie Walters encourages starting with questions. What matters most to them? What is a candidate proposing? How would that proposal become policy? Walters, an associate professor of political science at OU, holds a law degree from Indi…