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Lunch Hour Lecture | The 2024 US Election: Stakes and Implications
24 October 2024, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
What can we expect in November’s election? Will both sides accept the result as legitimate? Thomas Gift will address these and other pressing questions in this timely primer on the 2024 US Election.
This event is free.
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About the lecture:
Although every US election is now called the most important of our lifetime, 2024 may actually live up to this billing. In the wake of a presidential election four years ago that pulled at the seams of American democracy, the Harris vs. Trump matchup promises diametrically opposed visions for US government. What can we expect in November’s election? Will both sides accept the result as legitimate? And how would the next four years of a Harris administration differ from the next four years of a Trump one? Thomas Gift will address these and other pressing questions in this timely primer on the 2024 US Election.
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About the Speaker
Dr Thomas Gift
Associate Professor of Political Science at UCL
As founding Director of the UCL Centre on US Politics (CUSP), Dr Thomas Gift has led extensive scholarship and public engagement analyzing US politics and America’s role in the world. Gift has made hundreds of media appearances on American politics and has written over one hundred articles for leading popular publications. In 2020, Gift served as the main in-studio guest for ‘round-the-clock BBC World Service “America Decides” election-night coverage, Gift has held fellowships or visiting appointments at Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, Yale, and the London School of Economics. He received a PhD in political science from Duke.