News, Insights, and Resources
By all accounts, the road to the 2024 General Election on Nov. 5 has been a rollercoaster ride and it is likely to only kick up from here.
On this page, find a collection of news, insights, voting resources, and events related to the election, as well as Columbia experts who will help make sense of the electoral and political environment we find ourselves living in.
Upcoming Events
The main idea of Listening Tables is to provide a space where difficult and sometimes deeply polarizing issues can be addressed through dialogue rather than debate and hostile confrontation. Our initiative seeks to model a new way of working through conflicts in our community based on mutual respect, and we want to ensure that students joining these sessions can be confident that they will be listened to without judgment.
This forum will explore not only the politics of this cycle but also the ways in which those politics — and the politicians — were framed, reported on and examined in our media coverage. This conversation is meant to be candid, self-critical, and a starting place to begin thinking about the administration that will take office in 2025 and what this election means for the United States and the world.
In the aftermath of the 2024 election, we will dive into the key points that influenced the final days of the election, whether or not the polls got it right this year, and what changes the new administration might bring. Join us to hear leaders in the field of political analytics discuss key insights from the 2024 election. This panel discussion will highlight the importance of political analytics days after the conclusion of this year's election.
Join Adam Tooze, prize-winning author and historian at Columbia University, for a provocative discussion about the impact of the US elections on Brazil, Tunisia and Turkey. In a follow up event to Morning in America, which provided global perspectives ahead of election day, Evening in America, will present the Directors of the Columbia Global Centers in Rio de Janeiro, Istanbul, and Tunis who will share their analysis on how people in their regions are talking about the process, results, and what is at stake now that the 2024 election in the United States is over.
Recent News
Columbia stories about U.S. politics and the upcoming election.
Insights
Columbians who were recently quoted in the media.
CNN, Oct. 24, 2024 (Robert Paxton)
The Guardian, Oct. 18, 2024 (Adam Tooze)
The New York Times, Oct. 17, 2024 (Robert O. Paxton)
Financial Times, Oct. 15, 2024 (Rajiv Sethi)
The New York Times, Oct. 14, 2024 (Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy)
The New York Times, Oct. 10, 2024 (Vanessa Burbano)
Psychology Today, Oct. 6, 2024 (Robert Klitzman)
Education Week, Oct. 4, 2024 (Bettina L. Love)
Newsweek, Oct. 3, 2024 (Robert Shapiro)
The Washington Post, Sept. 25 (Daniel Richman)
The New York Times, Sept. 22, 2024 (Michael Graetz)
Salon, Sept. 21, 2024 (Mae Ngai)
Experts for the Media
Columbia has a plethora of experts across disciplines who can address elections topics in the news.
Please use our Media Experts guide to find resources for stories, on-camera interviews, and other insights. You can search using a variety of keywords.
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