Civil Discourse

As part of the Andrea Mitchell Center’s Race and Politics series, political scientist Rogers Smith spoke with former GOP communications director Tara Setmayer about the election’s impact on the identity of the Republican Party.

Penn political scientists helped a virtual audience process polling, voter turnout, litigation, and a chaotic presidential election.

In this post-election event, Political Science faculty discussed different aspects of the 2020 Election, including voter turnout, polling, the Latinx vote, and constitutional implications. Co-sponsored by the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society. Watch video here.

In a post-election conversation, historian Mary Frances Berry addressed policy issues and Republican discontent.

Two days after the election, the School of Arts & Sciences hosted a timely conversation about what comes next. Political theorist and Director of the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy Jeffrey Green moderated a discussion with Rogers Smith, constitutional scholar and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science. Watch video here.

Constitutional scholar Rogers Smith shared his thoughts on how the election has gone so far, what might come next, and the challenges of addressing political polarization in America both now and in the future.