Monday, March 2, 2020, 11:30 AM – 1 PM EST
PEARL DOWE, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Political Science and African American Studies, Oxford College and Emory University
The Tent is Full: The Democratic Party and the 2020 Election
Headed into the 2020 election, the Democratic party is reckoning with the varied ideas that characterize liberal politics and complicate the question of “electability.” The expansive Democratic candidate field suggests that the party is not (yet) clear about its current identity or what Democratic voters want. This talk, by one of Emory’s newest professors, an expert in American politics in general and African American political leadership in particular, will provide a discussion of how the Democratic party has reached this moment and what steps it should take to ensure it is seen as a viable party option for the many millions of voters it will need to attract if it is to succeed in removing Trump (and Trumpers) from power and reclaiming the White House (and then some).