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IOP 2017 Fall Residential Fellow Mark Strand

Special Guest: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Conference Chair (Via Skype)

Thursday Novermber 2; 2017  4:15-5:45 p.m. in IOP L166

Daniel Allott
Deputy Commentary Editor, The Washington Examiner
Jordan Allott
Documentary Filmmaker
Founder, In Altum Productions
Tyler Bridges
Award-winning journalist and author
2017 Joan Shorenstein Fellow, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, HKS

Daniel Allott, Deputy Commentary Editor at The Washington Examiner, and Jordan Allott, documentary filmmaker and founder of In Altum Productions, addressed the forum in an event moderated by Tyler Bridges, an award-winning journalist and author. Daniel and Jordan Allott spoke about their project, The Race to 2020, and the importance of documenting the views and roles of ordinary citizens in the election of 2016. With America’s political polarization on the rise, Daniel and Jordan Allott seek to understand what led to the outcome of the 2016 election in a longitudinal study of nine counties key to the election of Donald Trump. Almost a year into their project, the Allott brothers have found that two common reasons for people having voted Trump on the 2016 ballot were hope and change-for a variety of reasons ranging from a resurgence of American values to a strong economy to a transformation from the traditional Washington establishment.

A real time look at the road to the 2020 election by Daniel and Jordan Allott.  The Allott brothers will follow 9 key counties over the course of Trump’s presidency, traveling among them and keeping in touch and corresponding with the people they meet.

The Race To 2020 will present more than a snapshot in time. It will chronicle how people’s lives and views change as Trump’s presidency unfolds, and provide a rich and unique account of President Trump’s first term in office.

IOP Fall Residential Fellow Yohannes Abraham

Special Guest: John Weaver, Former Chief Strategist for John Kasich’s 2016 Presidential Campaign, Close Advisor to John McCain’s 2008 Presidential Campaign

Wednesday, October 17, 4:15-5:45 p.m. 

Tony Fabrizio
Partner, Fabrizio, Lee & Associates
Chief Pollster, Donald J. Trump Presidential Campaign
Margie Omero
Democratic Pollster
Co-host of The Pollsters Podcast
Mark Penn
President and Managing Partner, The Stagwell Group
Visiting Lecturer, Harvard College
Chairman, Harris Poll
John Della Volpe (Moderator)
Director of Polling, Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
Founder and CEO, SocialSphere, Inc

John Della Volpe, director of polling at the Institute of Politics, moderated a forum with a panel of polling experts including Tony Fabrizio, Chief Pollster, Donald J. Trump Presidential Campaign, Margie Omero, Democratic Pollster, and Mark Penn, Visiting Lecturer, Harvard College. The panelists discussed polling myths surrounding the 2016 election polls, how future campaigns should engage with polling, and how their work exposes the complexity of the American voter. 

U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and Dan Balz, Fall 2017 IOP Resident Fellow and Chief Correspondent for the Washington Post

A conversation with
Ash Carter
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and Belfer Professor of Technology and Global Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
United States Secretary of Defense (2015-2017)
David Gergen (Moderator)
Public Service Professor of Public Leadership &
Faculty Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School

Ash Carter, Former Secretary of Defense and Director of the Belfer Center, addressed the forum on the US campaign to destroy ISIS. Secretary Carter discussed the changing nature of the battle, the importance of maintaining strong allies in the region, and future challenges that the US could face in battling ISIS. David Gergen, Harvard Kennedy School Professor and Faculty Director of the Center For Public Leadership, moderated the forum. 

Can the democratic party change and adapt to a new paradigm for engaging with the new activist organizations that are forming in response to Trump in order to build a diverse winning coalition? Join IOP Fall Residential Fellow Karen Finney with E.J. Dionne (Columnist for The Washington Post, Author of One Nation After Trump) for a discussion on the issue on Thursday, October 26th at 4:15 pm in FDR (Littauer 163). Join IOP Fall Residential Fellow Karen Finney with E.J. Dionne (Columnist for The Washington Post, Author of One Nation After Trump) for a discussion on the issue on Thursday, October 26th at 4:15 pm in FDR (Littauer 163).