Webinar Series — What’s at Stake: Expert Perspectives on the 2024 Election

The third in a series of educational webinars focused on the upcoming general election in the United States. The series brings together subject matter experts in one-on-one conversations about various political and social issues at stake in this year’s election cycle, which is shaping up to be one of the most dramatic, momentous, and consequential in years. Moderated by Professor Anthea Butler of the University of Pennsylvania.

Anthea Butler is Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania. Prof. Butler’s recent book is White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America on Ferris and Ferris/UNC Press. Professor Butler also is a contributor to The 1619 Book: A New Beginning, with a chapter entitled “Church”. Professor Butler is an op-edcontributorfor MSNBC and her articles have been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, NBC, and The Guardian. Professor Butler is a member of the National Institute’s Advisory Council.

Polls Polls Polls: Who’s Right, Wrong, and Why Do or Don’t They Matter?

Professor Fredrick Harris will discuss the recent polling of the 2024 election cycle, paying attention to the groups not often polled during election cycles as well as the usefulness of polling and what it can and can’t measure. We will also discuss the prospects of each prospective party, and the important down ballot and local races that can define this election cycle.

Fredrick Cornelius Harris is the Class of 1933 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. Professor Harris’s research interests are primarily in American politics with a focus on race and politics, and political participation His publications include The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics (Oxford University Press, 2012), Something Within: Religion in African American Political Activism, which was awarded the V.O. Key Book Award by the Southern Political Science Association, the Best Book Award by the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and the Best Book Award by the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.