Due to limited seating, the in-person portion of this event is limited to Stanford affiliates only.
Online: Via Zoom — open to the public
The 2024 presidential and congressional elections are a pivotal moment for American democracy. Their outcomes will shape policy directions, test democratic institutions, influence Supreme Court appointments, and determine legislative power, impacting both domestic and global affairs.
This is the second in a series of four panel discussions in which Stanford’s leading social scientists will draw on their cutting-edge research to examine the multifaceted issues at play in this especially consequential election. We will explore the historical context of the presidential elections, the sources and degree of social polarization, the role of race and socio-economic status in voting, public opinion, vote and voter manipulation, electoral integrity, and the comparative dimensions of the elections in the United States.
Panelists
- Brandice Canes-Wrone, Professor of Political Science; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Director of the Center for Revitalizing American Institutions
- "The 2024 Presidential Election in Historical Context"
- Robb Willer, Professor in the Departments of Sociology, Psychology (by courtesy), and the Graduate School of Business (by courtesy); Director of the Polarization and Social Change Lab; Co-Director of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
- "Polarization and Partisan Animosity"
- Justin Grimmer, Morris M. Doyle Centennial Professor of Public Policy and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
- "Vote and Voter Manipulation"
- Larry Diamond, Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and William L. Clayton Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
- "Reforms to Depolarize American Democracy"
Moderator: Michael Tomz