Abstract

What is the state of the presidential campaign as the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former-President Donald Trump enters the final stretch? How are the candidates faring in critical battleground states? Are the polls accurate in this election cycle? What campaign strategies are Harris and Trump pursuing and what difference, if any, will they make on Election Day? What are the domestic and foreign policy implications of the election? These are among the questions explored in the webinar by one of the leading scholars on US campaigns and elections, political parties, public opinion and voting behaviour.

About the Speaker

Prof. Daron Shaw is University Teaching Professor and the Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Chair of State Politics in the Department of Government at The University of Texas at Austin. Prof. Shaw’s research and teaching interests include American Government, Campaigns and Elections, Political Parties, Public Opinion and Voting Behaviour, and Applied Survey Research. Prof. Shaw’s most recent book is Battleground: Electoral College Strategies, Execution and Impact in the Modern Era (Oxford University Press, co-authored with Scott Althaus and Costas Panagopoulos). He has also written The Appearance of Corruption (co-authored with Brian Roberts), The Turnout Myth (co-authored with John Petrocik), Unconventional Wisdom: Facts and Myths about American Voters (co-authored with Karen Kaufmann and John Petrocik) and The Race to 270. In addition, Prof. Shaw has published articles in the leading journals in the discipline, including American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior. Prof. Shaw is a partner in the bipartisan team that conducts the Fox News Poll, co-director of the University of Texas Poll, director of the Texas Lyceum Poll, and associate Principal Investigator for the 2020 and 2024 American National Election Studies. Prof. Shaw is also a member of the national decision team for Fox News and serves on the advisory boards for the MIT Election Data & Science Lab, the Annette Strauss Institute, and the Ulysses S. Grant Institute. Formerly, he served as President George W. Bush’s representative on the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and as one of the academic directors for President Barack Obama’s Commission for Election Administration. Prof. Shaw earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles.