The opinion polls through August, September and October 2024 have revealed an incredibly close Presidential election contest in the US. Indeed, by many estimates, this is looking to be one of the closest presidential contests in the modern era with the outcome potentially on a knife edge. And that fact should focus attention as it raises the very real possibility that the US could experience even more political strife and conflict after 5 November, depending on the vote in several crucial swing states. Please join Professor Carman one week before the US elections as he discusses the state of the contest and what we might expect when we wake up on 6 November (and beyond).

This event is taking place in-person the Kelvin Gallery, Gilbert Scott Building at the University of Glasgow or you can sign up to view the talk online.

Speaker Bio

Christopher J. Carman (Ph.D., 2000, University of Houston) is the Stevenson Professor of Citizenship at the University of Glasgow. He has previously taught at the Universities of Strathclyde and Pittsburgh. He research focuses on political representation and its alternatives (e.g., public petitions systems), elections and electoral processes, public opinion and pulic (environmental) policy. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as co-authored several books examining politics, elections and representation in the United States, Scotland and the wider United Kingdom.

At the University of Glasgow Professor Carman has served as the Head of Subject (Politics & International Relations), the Head of the School of Social and Political Sciences (the largest School in the University, made up of the subject areas of Politics; Sociology; Urban Studies & Public Policy; Economic & Social History; and Central & Eastern European Studies); the Deputy Head of the School and Research Convener of Social and Poltical Sciences and the Glasgow Academic Dean of the Glasgow-Nankai Joint Graduate School.

 

First published: 18 October 2024

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