Knowledge by the Slice: Election Roundtable (Video)
During this lunch-time conversation, which took place a little more than a week after the 2024 presidential election, faculty from the Department of Political Science examined the results, the general state of U.S. elections, and what comes next.
Panelists included, from left to right, Matthew Levendusky, Professor of Political Science and Stephen and Mary Baran Chair in the Institutions of Democracy at the Annenberg Public Policy Center; Diana Mutz, Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication; John Lapinski, Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor and Director of PORES; and Marc Meredith, Professor of Political Science. Stephanie Perry, Executive Director of the Fox Leadership Program and PORES (far right) moderated.
A week and a half after the 2024 election, most results are now final. Donald Trump has won the presidency, and Republicans have regained control of the Senate and retained control of the House of Representatives.
Regardless of your political bent or feelings about those outcomes, one thing remains undisputed: The election cycle was long and, in many ways, unprecedented. With that as backdrop, faculty from the Department of Political Science came together for a roundtable discussion about the election results, the general state of U.S. elections, and what comes next.
The conversation included John Lapinski, Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor and Director of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies (PORES); Matthew Levendusky, Professor of Political Science and Stephen and Mary Baran Chair in the Institutions of Democracy at the Annenberg Public Policy Center; Marc Meredith, Professor of Political Science; and Diana Mutz, Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication. It was moderated by Stephanie Perry, Executive Director of the Fox Leadership Program and PORES.
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