Professor William Bianco to give a talk on ‘ The 2016 American Elections: What (If Anything) Can Political Science Tell Us? ’
he School of Political Science of the Faculty of Social Sciences invite you to the lecture of Prof. William Bianco ‘The 2016 American Elections: What (If Anything) Can Political Science Tell Us?’.
Time: 1 Juny, 12:10 p.m.
Place: Ilyinka st. 13, room 504.
Language: English.
More than six months before Election Day, the 2016 election cycle has already been a humbling experience for American political scientists. A year ago, it was hard to find an elections scholar who thought Hillary Clinton would have trouble winning the Democratic presidential nomination – and no one thought of Donald Trump as a potential Republican candidate. How were we so far off base? Do our theories tell us anything about what happens now – from who is likely to win the general election to the likelihood of a full-scale realignment of parties and voters?
‘I'm a Professor of Political Science at Indiana University — Bloomington. My current research uses a tool for predicting majority rule decisions to understand institutional choices in legislatures, the evolution of parties and party systems, and responsiveness to citizen demands — in the US Congress, state legislatures, and countries throughout the world. I've also coauthored a textbook, American Politics Today. I've also been a member of the NSF Political Science Panel and am currently on the Editorial Board of American Journal of Political Science’.