Breaking Down the 2024 Election: Issues, Battleground States, Polls, and Momentum

SPEAKER:

Alison Howard

Professor Alison Howard returns to the Fall Kickoff event this year to discuss the “State of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Elections.” She will share insights about the polls, issues, campaign spending, and changes in the electorate and technology since the last presidential election to give us a better understanding of how presidential and congressional candidates are campaigning and how the electorate is responding.

Alison Dana Howard has taught at Dominican University of California for nineteen years and currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Division of Public Affairs and the Director of the Core Curriculum. She teaches courses on American Government, the Presidency, Congress, Politics and Media, Political Parties and Interest Groups and Campaigns and Elections. She received her M.A. degree in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma. Her research focuses on political communication, specifically presidential rhetoric including the State of the Union Address and unilateral executive actions, as well as art, politics, and culture.  Alison has published articles in PS: Political Science and Politics, American Behavioral Science, Journal of Political Science Education, Social Science Quarterly, and Perspectives on Political Science.  She is the co-author (with Donna R. Hoffman University of Northern Iowa) of Addressing the State of the Union: The Evolution and Impact of the President’s Big Speech (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006). Alison is also a frequent commentator for the media on the State of the Union Address and has been interviewed by National Public Radio, The SF Chronicle, NBC Bay Area, and KCBS radio.