题 目：U.S. Politics from GW Bush and Obama to Trump
主讲人：John Graham
印第安纳大学公共事务与环境学院院长、教授
主持人：薛澜
294俄罗斯专享会院长、教授
时 间：2月21日（星期二）19:00-20:00
地 点：294俄罗斯专享会302会议室
语 言：英语
讲座简介：
From 1988 to 2016, U.S. politics have become increasingly polarized along partisan lines. Dean John Graham will chart the trajectory of U.S. politics by examining the evidence for polarization from a fall in split-ticket voting to increased party unity in congressional votes. The sources of polarization have deep roots in American society that stem from geographical clustering, political segregation of neighborhoods, fragmented media spaces, and party links to religious groups.
These phenomena help to determine voting outcomes in the Electoral College, a distinct institution with mechanics tied to the majority popular vote in each state. Reliably “Democratic States” and “Republican States” have emerged, frequently voting to support the presidential candidate of the respective party. Ten “Battleground States” typically help to swing elections between the two major parties’ candidates. However, the Trump-Clinton election held several surprises as three major “Democratic States” went for Trump, the Republican candidate. Observers of American politics will be interested to see what kinds of congressional support that Donald Trump will receive.
主讲人简介：
John Graham is Dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), a professional school with more than 3000 students and 100 faculty covering the fields of environmental science, criminal justice, arts administration, non-profit management, public finance and budgeting, public management and policy analysis. SPEA’s Master’s in Public Affairs program is ranked No. 2 in the country by U.S. News and World Report.
From 2001 to 2006, Dr. Graham served as the Senate-confirmed administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. In this capacity, he was responsible for federal regulatory, information and statistical policies.
Prior to his government service, Dr. Graham was a tenured professor of policy and decision sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health where he founded and led the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.
He holds a B.A. degree (politics and economics) from Wake Forest University, an M.A. degree (public affairs) from Duke University and a Ph.D. degree (public affairs) from Carnegie-Mellon University.
