With Election Day, Nov. 4, quickly approaching, what really matters as people go to the polls? Can the Democrats hold the Senate? And do those pesky campaign ads that everyone says they hate actually do any good?
Get answers to these questions and more from Lynn Vavreck, UCLA professor of political science and communication studies, speaking on “The Midterm Elections: Turnout, Undecided Voters, and those Ads you Love to Hate" on Thursday, Oct. 23, 3 - 4:30 p.m. at UCLA's Young Research Library, Conference Room 11360.
Vavreck teaches courses on and writes about campaigns, elections and public opinion. She contributes regularly to the New York Times blog "The Upshot" and has published four books, including “The Message Matters: The Economy and Presidential Elections” (Princeton University Press, 2009), which Stanley Greenberg of The American Prospect called “required reading” for presidential candidates.
Tim Groeling, professor of communication studies, will host the event, which is presented by the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences at UCLA.