U.S. Presidential Election 2024 - Disinformation and the Domestic Political Implications

Oct 17, 2024
U.S. Presidential Election 2024
Disinformation and the Domestic Political Implications

The 2024 presidential election promises to be a consequential one, as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have offered very different visions for America’s future. This webinar will explore what political scientists know about how voters process the political information they encounter and how the decisions they make at the ballot box are likely to affect policymaking in Washington D.C. Are voters able to distinguish fact from fiction and what tools do we have to help them do so? And if voters are capable of making informed decisions, how responsive are our political institutions to the choices they make? Professors Molly Offer-Westort and Ruth Bloch Rubin will share the answers that experts in elections and institutions have offered to these questions and reflect on what we are still learning about American democracy.

Speakers
Ruth Bloch Rubin
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
The University of Chicago

Molly Offer-Westort
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
The University of Chicago

Moderator
Robert A. Pape
Professor, Department of Political Science
Director, Chicago Project on Security and Threats
The University of Chicago

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▬ Content of the Forum ▬
Opening - 0:00
Speaker Introduction – 00:46
Professor Ruth Bloch Rubin and Molly Offer-Westort's Sharing – 4:48
Professor Molly Offer-Westort's Sharing – 8:58
Professor Ruth Bloch Rubin's Sharing – 25:53
Discussion – 44:13