John C. Green is Emeritus Director of the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron. He is the author of The Faith Factor: How Religion Influences the Vote, and co-author of Seeking the Promised Land: Mormons and American Politics (2014) and Mr. Chairman: The Life and Times of Ray C. Bliss (2017), in addition to published articles on religion and politics, American political parties, and campaign finance.