From Democracy Studies at The Ohio State University:
The current Presidential election cycle has already upended popular accounts on candidate selection, media effects, and the electoral importance of money and campaign infrastructure. Will this historic cycle contradict yet more conventional wisdom in its final ten weeks? Join two of the nation’s most widely cited and respected political scientists, and a senior campaign official with extensive experience in this cycle, as they explain the trends that really mattered, the likely electoral outcome in November, and where American politics goes from here. Thomas Wood, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University Department of Political Science, will moderate. Panelists include:
John Sides
Sides is an associate professor of political science at George Washington University. Sides has written or edited 3 books on elections and political behavior, including the best seller The Gamble, a book written concurrent to the 2012 election. With Lynn Vavreck and Michael Tesler, Sides is writing a sequel book on the current presidential election. Sides founded and continues to edit The Monkey Cage blog for The Washington Post, where social scientists provide timely scholarly analysis of current events. Previously an assistant professor at the University of Texas, Sides earned his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley.
Ken Goldstein
Goldstein is a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco. Goldstein has written multiple books on lobbying and advertising in American elections and politics. Goldstein also has extensive experience in business–he’s the former president of Kantar Media CMAG, the country’s foremost authority of data on competitive political advertising. Since 1998, Goldstein has also consulted for the ABC News Presidential Election night decision desk. Formerly a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Goldstein received his PhD from the University of Michigan.
Luke Thompson
Thompson is the former director of analytics at Right To Rise, a Super Pac which spent over a hundred million dollars in the most recent GOP primary. Before working at Right to Rise, Thompson was the Director of Analytics at the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 2014 election. A PhD graduate in political science from Yale University, Thompson is currently the Executive Director of the New Analytics Company, a political and communications research firm.
Refreshments provided. Registration requested. Please visit http://u.osu.edu/democracystudies/upcoming-events/ to register.
