2024 appears to be another in a string of hotly contested U.S. elections. What does history and data tell us about what is happening and what could happen in November?

John Sides studies political behavior in American and comparative politics. He is author of “The Bitter End: The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy,” “Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and The Battle for the Meaning of America,” “The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Election” and “Campaigns and Election: Rules, Reality, Strategy, Choice.” 

Sides helped found the website Good Authority and its predecessor, The Monkey Cage, both of which are  about political science and politics. He also serves as research advisor to the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group. 

Moderated by Clinton Jenkins, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science at Lenoir-Rhyne.