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SPA Explains the 2024 Election

Browse below for a compilation of events, scholarship, and videos from SPA Faculty surrounding the 2024 US Presidential Election. Follow us on Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, and X for more election coverage!

Upcoming Events


Researching the Down Ballot Reproductive Health

Researching the Down Ballot: Reproductive Health


October 2 | 11:30am | Kerwin 301

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PERIL event flyer

PERIL Presents a Brown Bag Lunch Event
The 2024 Election: Addressing Anxieties and Building Confidence


Wednesday, October 9 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Kerwin Hall 301
Open to students, faculty, and staff.

  • Brian Hughes, PERIL CoFounder & Executive Director
  • Pete Kurtz-Glovas, PERIL Deputy Director of Regional Partnerships
  • Marylin Rodriguez, PERIL Deputy Director of Training and Partnership Development

 


DEC Flyer

The 2024 Presidential Elections: Implications and Consequences for U.S. Democracy
Presented by the Democratic Erosion Consortium


October 10 | 4:00 - 5:30pm | Virtual

Lilliana Mason, Johns Hopkins
Rick Hasen, University of California, Los Angeles
Steven Levitsky, Harvard University
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CEP Conference Flyer

Why Aren't the Presidential Candidates Talking Much About Climate Change?


October 17 | SIS Founders Room

In the “thick” of the campaign, we seek through this conference to take a step back and ask broader questions about political polarization, party politics, and one of the most under-considered campaign issues of our time. 
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Correcting Election-Related Misinformation Flyer

Correcting Election-Related Misinformation


Tuesday October 22, 2024 | 10 - 11am | Virtual

  • Angie Holan, International Fact-Checking Network
  • Joanne Miller, University of Delaware
  • Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College
  • Claire Wardle, Cornell University

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Scholarship

Senate Edition Congress on Demand

Congress On Demand is a new tool to witness Congress-members' appearances — on the job — in the House and Senate created by CCPS Fellow Eve Silberberg

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Gender on the Ballot news

Government & Politics ·

AU SPA’s Women & Politics Institute Is Permanent Home to Gender on the Ballot

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