About Simon Leton
I am a rising junior at Columbia studying Political Science and Statistics. My research this summer is focused on understanding partisan political polarization around culture war issues, and primarily on the origins of this polarization in the United States. Specifically, I am working with Professor Justin Phillips to comeplete a case study on the evolution of the Vermont Democratic Party in the 1960s and 70s, and especially on how policies around reproductive rights and evolved during this era.