Race to the White House - Episode #6
The Conversation88 MB(download)
This week's episode of Race to the White House looks at the history and importance of public opinion polls, as well as previewing the third and final presidential debate.
When they’re talking, what are they really telling us?
Jim Young/Reuters
Candidates and campaigns are analyzing voters endlessly this election season. But the internet allows us to turn the tables and obtain a wide variety of data about them, too.
Donald Trump’s campaign has been built upon controversial statements that have kept his name in the news.
Reuters/Mike Segar
The narrative Donald Trump has played during the campaign is that the elites who have abandoned him or disagree with him are all part of the establishment he seeks to destroy.
It’s a uniquely American phenomenon for newspapers to suggest one candidate over the other.
Patrick Fallon/Reuters
New data from researchers at Brandeis University suggest that the Jewish vote is important in key Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida counties.
The virulence of some of the contemporary sexism against female politicians reflects the unrestraint that characterises the social media age.
David Foote/AUSPIC
Race to the White House - Episode #5
The Conversation, CC BY-SA78.2 MB(download)
This episode of Race to the White House examines the fallout from the second presidential debate and asks whether the Republican Party can transform itself to remain politically relevant.
Donald Trump continues to lower the bar for presidential ‘debate’.
Reuters/Jim Young
Donald Trump has used pop culture better than Hillary Clinton because he has made the campaign pop culture: reliant on mass entertainment and social media while lacking any depth.
Money is essential to the proper functioning of democracy and elections, yet transparency and integrity in financing is paramount.
Yuri Gripas/Reuters
As the rest of the world watches the circus that has been the 2016 US presidential campaign, questions about how the elections and candidates are being financed continue to be raised.
Donald Trump hovered behind Hillary Clinton for large stretches of the debate.
Reuters/Rick Wilking
Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations at the United States Studies Centre and in the Discipline of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
Professor of Economics and Finance. Director of the Betting Research Unit and the Political Forecasting Unit at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University