Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
| When: | Tuesday, October 25th, 2016 |
| Time: | 12:30 pm — 2:00 pm |
| Location: | Dunton Tower, 2017 |
| Audience: | Faculty |
| Cost: | Free |
The 2016 US Election: How did it come to this, and where is it going?
A lunchtime roundtable discussion at Carleton University with Dr. Richard Johnston
The battle for the Republican nomination defied prediction and challenged much of what we thought we knew about parties in the United States.
Many believed that Donald Trump was a creature of the media, doomed to obscurity once they lost interest. Instead, he activated potential Republican constituencies that had long been dormant. Something of the same happened on the Democratic side with the race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Is 2016 an historical accident, leaving no permanent impact, or has the electoral landscape been fundamentally transformed? What impact will this have on Canada? The presentation will be delivered in English.
Professor Johnston is in Ottawa for a public Big Thinking lecture on Parliament Hill and we are taking advantage of his presence to have an exchange with community members. Johnston is Canada Research Chair in Public Opinion, Elections, and Representation at the University of British Columbia. He studies parties and elections in Canada and the US, and is a pioneer in survey research. He is the co-author of, among other books, The 2000 Presidential Election and the Foundations of Party Politics and of The End of Southern Exceptionalism: Class, Race, and Partisan Change in the Postwar South.
This event is hosted by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, the Carleton University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Carleton University Faculty of Public Affairs.
Please RSVP to Elaine Young at eyoung@ideas-idees.ca by Friday, October 21. Please indicate your name, position and organization. Space is limited. Light lunch will be served