Social Science, Presidential Campaigns and Political Reporting

The Harkin Institute of Public Policy will bring together scholars for this day-long symposium focused on the 2012 elections. Why did the elections go the way they did and what do they mean for public policy in the future? Participants include: John Sides, an associate professor of political science at George Washington University and blogger at The Monkey Cage; Lynn Vavreck, an associate professor of political science at UCLA and author of The Message Matters; Joanne Miller, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota and expert on survey methodology with the Humphrey Institute; Scott McClurg, an associate professor of political science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale; and Seth Masket, an associate professor of political science at the University of Denver, author of No Middle Ground, and a regular political blogger.