UBC experts are available to comment on the U.S. election, including campaign rhetoric, public opinion polling and voter behaviour, and the evolution of the U.S. party system.
Maxwell Cameron
Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions
Department of Political Science
Email: max.cameron@ubc.ca
Cell: 604-786-0992
- Democratization and constitutionalism; comparative politics (Latin America)
Keith Head
UBC Sauder School of Business
Email: keith.head@sauder.ubc.ca
Tel: 604-822-8492
- The impact of the U.S. election on international trade and multinational enterprises
Richard Johnston
Department of Political Science
Email: richard.johnston@ubc.ca
- U.S. political campaigns; the institutional context of the U.S. election, including the Electoral College; and the evolution of the U.S. party system
*Limited availability Nov. 8 and 9.
Eric Merkley
PhD candidate, Department of Political Science
Email: eric.merkley@alumni.ubc.ca
Cell: 778-868-0799
- U.S. elections, campaign strategy and tactics, election polling, role of the media, voter behaviour and psychology, internal party politics
*Limited availability Nov. 8-9: Before 12 p.m. Nov. 8 and before 2:30 p.m. Nov. 9.
Paul Quirk
Department of Political Science
Email: paul.quirk@ubc.ca
- U.S. politics, the presidency, congress and elections
Dominik Stecula
PhD candidate, Department of Political Science
Email: d.stecula@alumni.ubc.ca
Cell: 778-918-3950
- U.S. elections, campaign rhetoric, role of the media in politics, media effects, public opinion polling and political polarization
*Limited availability Nov. 8 and 10: Before 2 p.m. Nov. 8 and before 12 p.m. Nov. 10
Sara Stevens
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Email: sstevens@sala.ubc.ca
Tel: 604-822-0449
- How Donald Trump’s real-estate connections shaped his political views
*Limited availability Nov. 8-9: 2-4 p.m. Nov. 8 and 9:30-11:30 a.m. Nov. 9.
Jessica Tracy
Department of Psychology
Email: jltracy@psych.ubc.ca
Tel: 604-822-2718
- Donald Trump and his use of hubristic pride in business and political campaigning; Trump’s psychology