CPSA PRESIDENT'S DINNER
May 31, 2017
Time: Cocktails available at 6:00 pm; Dinner from 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm |
Location: Dim Sum King (421 Dundas Street West, Toronto)
Special Sessions
Session: Q9 - Roundtable: Explaining the 2016 US Election (see/voir B9(c), F9(b), L9(b))
Date: May 31, 2017 | Time: 02:00pm to 03:30pm | Location: KHS-251 (Kerr Hall South)| 
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Sponsor / Commanditaire: Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, Department of Political Science, McGill University
Joint Session / Séance conjointe: with/avec Comparative Politics/Politique comparée / Political Behaviour/Sociology/Comportement politique/sociologie / Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and Politics/ Race, ethnicité, peuples autochtones et politique
Chair/Président: Richard Johnston (University of British Columbia)
Participants & Authors/Auteurs:
Doug Rivers (Stanford University / YouGov/Polimetrix)Walter Mebane (University of Michigan)
Debra Thompson (Northwestern University)
John Sides (George Washington University)
This panel of experts on US politics and public opinion will examine the factors that contributed to the victory of Donald Trump and the defeat of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election. Is the outcome a sign of a new class divide in American politics? Was the vote influenced by racial considerations? What do election forensics show- were the votes counted fairly? Why did the polls miss the Trump win? Come and join us for the latest research on this historic election.