Paul Anderson is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a BA in American Politics. His favorite political experience was taking off work, renting a van, putting together a posse, and traveling to South Carolina to volunteer for Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential primaries. By sheer coincidence, he was doing GOTV in three heavily African American precincts where Bill Clinton was standing at the polls greeting voters on election day. Littie did he know that I was pushing Obama voters off to meet Bill Clinton. It was later when he found out that Obama had won those precincts with at least 79%+. He's interested in the following policy areas: Urban planning and land use (with an added interest on historic preservation and transportation planning) Social entrepreneurship, the nonprofit sector Healthcare Immigration Taxes (particularly the impact of demand-side credits, cuts, and incentives) Education (with a particular interest in the reform movement as well as measurement of student achievement, commonly described as "accountability") Family planning (abortion, contraception, etc) Welfare Libertarian "economics" (let's just say I'm skeptical) He's interested in the following political science issues: Public opinion Voter behavior (heuristics in particular) Partisan ideological alignment Finally, he's a singer who can nail the "Woo hoo hoo hoo" part at the end of Purple Rain.