American Politics Before and After Trump: John Mark Hansen Virtual Harper Lecture

As we head into the 2020 election, John Mark Hansen looks back to understand the election that gave us the Trump presidency and looks ahead to the elections that will determine its legacy. He will offer—and defend—several claims. First, the most surprising thing about the 2016 election was how utterly normal it was. Second, the 2016 election and the Trump presidency have accelerated rather than reversed existing trends in the American electorate. Finally, the trends in the electorate point to a future that is challenging for the Democrats—but trouble for the Republicans.

This Harper Lecture featurs John Mark Hansen — the Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science and the College at the University of Chicago. Hansen is the author of two books, Gaining Access: Congress and the Farm Lobby, 1919–1981 (The University of Chicago Press, 1991), and, with Steven Rosenstone, Mobilization, Participation, and Democracy in America (Macmillan, 1993). He was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003.



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