Post-Election Analysis: Why Did the Winner Win?
Thursday: November 14, 9:30 a.m. – 12 noon
Bethany Congregational Church 556 N. Hope Avenue, Santa Barbara
VISTAS member price: $20; non-member price: $30
Presented by Ted Anagnoson
In almost every presidential election cycle, the word “unprecedented” is invoked. But in 2024 it seems more appropriate than in any other election year in recent memory. As this is being written, the presidential race has just been jolted by the abrupt withdrawal of President Biden from the presidential race and the ascension of Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee. And we have the further complication of a third-party candidate, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as well as the recent assassination attempt on former President Trump. In this course, we will use maps and charts to analyze the results of the presidential, congressional, statewide, and major local elections. Both journalists and political scientists will have had time to offer their major conclusions after the race, and we’ll try to explain why the election went the way it did.