ND Experts on 2024 U.S. Elections
The United States presidential and legislative elections on Nov. 5 will have long-lasting implications for the future of democracy, as well as domestic and foreign policies.
Democracy has been on center stage this year as discussions have swirled around how to protect voters from misinformation and leaders and policymakers from divisive polarization. With democracy in crisis, Notre Dame鈥檚 seeks to preserve and strengthen it 鈥� and to serve as a model for the formation of civically engaged citizens and public servants.
Explore how Notre Dame experts in political science, history, English, technology and artificial intelligence, computer science and engineering, immigration, law, business and religion are examining the political issues and dynamics that will impact the outcomes of the U.S. elections this November.
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Democracy Initiative
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David Campbell
Campbell is the director of the Notre Dame Democracy Initiative and a professor of American democracy. His expertise lies in American politics, civic engagement, political behavior and the intersection of religion and politics.
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Disinformation, Social Media and Technology
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Katlyn Carter
Carter鈥檚 expertise as an assistant professor of history lies in the foundations of representative government and the use of secrecy and transparency in the democratic system. She also studies the American Constitution as well as media and democracy.
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Karrie Koesel
Koesel, an associate professor of political science, studies how people and social communities are manipulated and compromised online. She explores how online propaganda and disinformation sow distrust in elections through social media posts.
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Sara Marcus
Marcus is an assistant professor in English whose expertise lies in feminism and social movements, social media, and arts and culture. She examines how those elements influence politics and possibly the November elections.
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Walter Scheirer
Scheirer, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering, is a disinformation expert who studies how fake and computer-generated content could affect elections.
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Lisa Schirch
Schirch is a professor of the practice of peace studies who sees opportunity in a new class of deliberative technologies that can facilitate dialogue, bridge divides and build trust in public institutions, ultimately strengthening democracy.
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Tim Weninger
An associate professor of engineering in computer science and engineering, Weninger is an expert in disinformation and fake news. He studies how dehumanization is used in social media to sow discord and threaten the integrity of democratic elections.
Economy
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Jason Reed
Reed is an assistant teaching professor of finance who examines how the economy will affect voters. He will be watching how political candidates frame economic impacts, failures and successes when campaigning to consumers and constituents.
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Electoral College
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Anibal Perez-Linan
P茅rez-Li帽谩n, a professor of political science and global affairs, focuses his research on democratization, the rule of law, political stability and institutional performance in new democracies. He can provide insight into how and why the electoral college functions within our democratic system.
Immigration
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Erin Corcoran
Corcoran鈥檚 area of expertise is U.S. immigration law and policy, particularly refugee and asylum law. She can comment on how immigration policies have been handled by past and current administrations 鈥� and how they will factor into the election.
Law/Election Law
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Richard Garnett
Garnett, a professor of law and political science, studies the First Amendment and constitutional and criminal law. He is an authority on debates regarding the death penalty, education reform, abortion, religious freedom and church-state relations.
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Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer
Mayer鈥檚 areas of expertise include the role and regulation of nonprofits domestically and internationally, as well as the intersection of election law and tax law with respect to lobbying and other political activity 鈥� particularly donor disclosures.
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Derek Muller
Muller is a scholar of election law whose expertise lies in election administration, voting rights, the limits of judicial power and the Electoral College. He can respond to questions regarding election disputes and the legal procedures governing them.
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Legislative/House/Congressional Elections
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Jeffrey Harden
A professor of political science, Harden is an expert on political representation and State legislatures. He also studies American political behavior and engagement, as well as voter ID laws in relation to their impact on election outcomes.
Policies and Behavior
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Katlyn Carter
Carter鈥檚 expertise as an assistant professor of history lies in the foundations of representative government and the use of secrecy and transparency in the democratic system. She also studies the American Constitution as well as media and democracy.
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Jeffrey Harden
A professor of political science, Harden is an expert on political representation and State legislatures. He also studies American political behavior and engagement, as well as voter ID laws in relation to their impact on election outcomes.
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Geoffrey Layman
Professor of American politics and chair of the political science department, Layman specializes in political parties and their behavior, as well as changes affecting their electoral coalitions. He also studies the intersection of religion and politics.
Politics & Religion/Catholicism
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Mark Berends
Berends, a sociologist and director of the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity, studies the educational system 鈥� the policies governing it and the inequities found within it 鈥� and especially school choice in relation to student outcomes.
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David Campbell
Campbell is the director of the Notre Dame Democracy Initiative and a professor of American democracy. His expertise lies in American politics, civic engagement, political behavior and the intersection of religion and politics.
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Geoffrey Layman
Professor of American politics and chair of the political science department, Layman specializes in political parties and their behavior, as well as changes affecting their electoral coalitions. He also studies the intersection of religion and politics.
Threats to Democracy
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Matthew Hall
Hall is a professor of constitutional studies and director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy. His research focuses on polarization, persuasion, democratic culture, anti-democratic attitudes and threats to American democracy.
Voter Trends and Political Identity
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Darren Davis
A professor of political science, Davis studies American politics with a concentration on public opinion and political behavior, elections, racial politics and voter trends. Davis will be watching how these topics impact the November elections.
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Matthew Hall
Hall is a professor of constitutional studies and director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy. His research focuses on polarization, persuasion, democratic culture, anti-democratic attitudes and threats to American democracy.
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Jeffrey Harden
A professor of political science, Harden is an expert on political representation and State legislatures. He also studies American political behavior and engagement, as well as voter ID laws in relation to their impact on election outcomes.
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Dianne Pinderhughes
Pinderhughes is a professor of political science and Africana studies, focusing on voting rights policies and U.S. racial and ethnic politics 鈥� particularly the ways in which those politics affect elections and Supreme Court nominations.
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Erin Rossiter
Rossiter is an assistant professor of political science and an expert in American political behavior and engagement, with a unique focus on polarization, interpersonal political communications and conversations that cross partisan lines.
Women in Politics
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Sara Marcus
Marcus is an assistant professor in English whose expertise lies in feminism and social movements, social media, and arts and culture. She examines how those elements influence politics and possibly the November elections.
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Christina Wolbrecht
Director of the Notre Dame Washington Program and a professor of political science, Wolbrecht鈥檚 expertise lies in American politics and political parties, as well as topics pertaining to women in politics, women鈥檚 voting patterns and the 19th Amendment.
Worldwide Trends in Democracy
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Michael Coppedge
Coppedge is a professor of political science and a scholar of global democracy. His current research projects cover the nature, causes and consequences of democracy, especially democracy measurement and international influences on democracy.