US Elections 2024: Analyzing the Trump-Harris showdown

The polarizing and unprecedented competition between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris proved to be one of the most intense nail-biters in US politics. That’s why we assembled a panel of academic experts to conduct an analysis after the election to examine what happened and what might come next. Watch this incisive webcast to delve into key factors that influenced this face-off, how the outcome could impact Canadian and global economies and policies, and what may lie ahead for us after this critical juncture.

This webcast is presented in partnership with the UBC Faculty of Arts.

Moderator

Dan Burritt, BA’04 — Host and Producer, CBC Vancouver News at 11 PM

Speakers

Dr. Irene Bloemraad (she/her) — President’s Excellence Chair in Global Migration, Professor, Departments of Political Science and Sociology, and Co-Director, Centre of Migration Studies, UBC Faculty of Arts

Dr. Terri Givens (she/her) — Professor, Department of Political Science, UBC Faculty of Arts

Dr. Paul J. Quirk — Professor and Phil Lind Chair in US Politics, Department of Political Science, UBC Faculty of Arts

LINKS FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THE TOPIC

Publicly-accessible resources

• Articles:
  • “Beyond Political Polarization: Finding Common Ground on Immigration in the United States” by Matthew Wright and Nadia Almasalkhi
  • “Canada should welcome America’s ‘dreamers’” by Dr. Irene Bloemraad and Senator Ratna Omidvar
  • “Framing the Case for Supporting Immigrants” by Lisa McCorkell and Sara Hinkley
  • “Is the United States ready for a Black woman president? Reflections on race, gender and politics” by Dr. Terri Givens
• Podcasts:
  • Bipartisan Policy Center, episode 182: “Presidential Elections – How Do (Naturalized) Immigrants Vote?” — featuring Dr. Irene Bloemraad 
  • Close-up on Canada: “How similar are Canada and the US when it comes to immigration policy?” — featuring Dr. Irene Bloemraad 
  • From Here Forward, episode 23: “What’s at stake in the 2024 US elections?” — featuring Dr. Paul J. Quirk

Academic publications on US politics and immigration

• Discussing the ethical, legal, and practical challenges of legalizing the 11 million undocumented migration in the US:
  • Song, S., Bloemraad, I. 2022. “Immigrant legalization: A dilemma between justice and the rule of law.” Migration Studies 10(3): 484-509.
• Discussing the difficulty of advocating for out-of-status immigrants in the US: 
  • Voss, K., Silva, F., Bloemraad, I. 2020. “The limits of rights: claims-making on behalf of immigrants.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 46(4): 791-819.
• Givens, T., 2020. “Immigration, Race and the Radical Right: Politics and Policy from Colonialism to Brexit.” JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 58(3):514-526.
• On immigrants’ long history of protest: 
  • Voss, K., Lauterwasser, S., & Bloemraad, I. 2024. “Inactive and Quiescent? Immigrant Collective Action in Comparative Perspective, 1960-1995.” Socius 10. 

Recorded November 7, 2024.