Members-only Event with Professor David Schultz

Join us to connect with fellow Majority in the Middle members, hear from Professor David Schultz on how divided we REALLY are (see more below), and help us cap off a really successful 2023.

Schedule:

Join us for a portion of the evening or the entire time. 

Come early or late -- but make sure to be there for the program at 6:30!

5:30-6:30PM - light fare and drinks, networking

6:30-7:15ish - program 

7:15-8:30PM - light fare and drinks, networking

Ticket purchases are limited to Majority in the Middle members, however each member may host up to three non-member guests. 

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Professor Schultz' talk "American Politics in the Age of Polarization:  Are we really that divided?"

American politics is more politically polarized now than it has been in the last fifty years.  Yet beneath the noise of party politics there is evidence that Americans agree on more than they disagree.  This talk examines the changes in American politics over the last half century, indicating both the polarization and sources of political consensus.

David Schultz is a Hamline University Professor of Political Science who teaches across a wide range of American politics classes including public policy and administration, campaigns and elections, and government ethics. David is also a professor in the Hamline and University of Minnesota Schools of Law where he teaches election law. David is the author of 30 books and 100+ articles on various aspects of American politics, election law, and the media and politics, and he is regularly interviewed and quoted in the local, national, and international media on these subjects by agencies including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Economist, and National Public Radio. His most recent books are Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter (2015), Election Law and Democratic Theory (2014), and American Politics in the Age of Ignorance: Why Lawmakers Choose Belief Over Research (2013). A three-time Fulbright scholar who has taught extensively in Europe, Professor Schultz is the 2013 Leslie A. Whittington national award winner for excellence in public affairs teaching.