Politics Bureaucracy and Justice Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2016 West Texas A&M University PB&J | Editorial Board Politics, Bureaucracy, and Justice faculty editors & advisors Anand Bertrand Commissiong editorial board John David Rausch Jr. Xiangyu Li typesetting Anand Bertrand Commissiong Copyright © 2016 by the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at West Tex- as A&M University. PB&J: Politics, Bureaucracy, and Justice (issn 2151-4313) is a biannual publication of the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at West Texas A&M University. It is edited by students in the department with the advice of faculty members. Submissions are welcome from across the university and the larger community of research- ers on subjects that pertain to the journal’s three focus areas. PB&J follows a blind submis- sions process and uses the American Psychological Association style for citations and for- matting. Correspondence and submissions may be sent to
[email protected]. Submission requirements are available at the journal’s website: http://wtamu.edu/pbj Cover image: PPHM Face (detail). © Anand Bertrand Commissiong. PB&J | Contents • volume 5, issue 1 student research 1 Community Shared Solar in Virginia: Political and Institutional Barriers and Possibilities Gilbert Michaud faculty & student research 16 Students’ Opinions about Concealed Firearms on University Campuses Sharon D. Eaves Mark A. Shoemaker Alexander W. Griego faculty research 27 The Dream Team, Texas Democrats, and Turnout: A County-level Analysis of the 2002 Elections in Texas Reed L. Welch John David Rausch Jr. West Texas A&M University • Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice Community Shared Solar in Virginia: Political and Institutional Barriers and Possibilities Gilbert Michaud, Ohio University abstract: Solar photovoltaic (PV) energy has provoked intense policy debate at the state level in the United States.