On the eve of the US presidential election, listen to our discussion from the Battle of Ideas festival 2024:

Within days of being announced as the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris went from the most unpopular vice president in 50 years – a figure whose unpopularity reportedly led to the former president, Barack Obama, scrambling to find an alternative – to a viable presidential candidate. After slumping under Biden, polling now indicates that the Democrats have a real chance of retaining the White House.

Kamala has been rebranded – the ‘brat’ candidate memifying what had previously been seen as gaffs as the imperfections of millennial women. Kamala is posed as a cross between Obama and Bridget Jones. Kamala, it seems, has been embraced as a figure of fun.

Harris has made no unscripted appearances since taking up the candidacy. The Harris strategy seems to be is entirely based on Kamala the person – with the least amount of policy focus in her campaign material of any presidential candidate in history by far. It seems the Democrats hope Kamala can be entertaining enough to distract the American public for a hundred days, avoiding any real scrutiny.

At the same time, the Trump campaign seems slightly at odds as to how to counter Kamala the meme. Trump has returned to X/Twitter, but doesn’t seem to have his usual talent for lampooning the opposition. Instead, he has been focused on appearing on a range of podcasts. Trump, too, seems light on policy and big ideas.
Has the election then turned purely into a competition of ‘vibes’? Or are there still substantive differences between the main candidates? What does the memification of politics mean for democracy? Is Kamalamania a sincere phenomenon, an exercise in how people can change their mind out of convenience, or a complete fiction produced by the Democratic Party machine? Has Trump lost his populist touch? What does the election hold for America?

SPEAKERS:

Nick Dixon, comedian; presenter, GB News; host, The Current Thing

Dr Cheryl Hudson, lecturer in US political history, University of Liverpool; author, Citizenship in Chicago: race, culture and the remaking of American identity

Dr Richard Johnson, writer; senior lecturer in politics, Queen Mary, University of London; co-author, Keeping the Red Flag Flying: The Labour Party in Opposition since 1922

Stan Swim, chief program officer, Bill of Rights Institute

Chair: Jacob Reynolds, head of policy, MCC Brussels; associate fellow, Academy of Ideas

Kamalamania, Trump and the vibes election

Gareth and Olly discuss the lead up to the 2024 US Election and give their predictions. 

SERIES 6 - Episode 2 of 3 - 2024 US Election Coverage (04.11.2024)

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Tonight, Thursday, November 7th, at 6 pm on The Brian Crombie Hour join us for an in-depth ✅ post-mortem analysis of U.S. Election Day. ALL my 🎤 podcasts and 🎦 videocasts can be accessed any time on my web site www.briancrombie.com which holds repository of all my shows. 📌 My second guest tonight, Douglas Elliott, is a civil litigator and constitutional lawyer who has closely tracked Donald Trump’s career and legal battles. Tune in for his expert insights into the strategies and outcomes that influenced this election. The Brian Crombie Hour airs ⏰ 6:00 pm nightly. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2Oioec8. Stream, listen, like, watch and share. Thank You!

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Douglas Elliott | US Election PM

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On Friday, November 8, host Anna-Giselle Funes-Eng talks the days latest news. First, the Toronto Santa Claus Parade says inflation makes the future of the event uncertain. Then, Canada prepares for an influx of asylum seekers at the American border as Trump threatens mass deportations. And, American Evangelicals celebrate as Trump wins his second term, as Black Americans worry it signals the repeal of civil rights. Finally, we hear from Chris with a story from Nunavut. 

Canada prepares for a rise in border crossings as Trump threatens mass deportations

In this episode, Chelgate Chairman Terence Fane-Saunders talks about Donald Trump’s mastery of a second language – “Election Speak” and the role it played in his election triumph.

Season 2, Ep 5 - Donald Trump’s Second Language (Kamala Harris Couldn’t Speak it!)

Lyrics by BobB
Music, vocals - suno AI

Americans have made a decision.
Why did they decide
To put someone into office who
Will take them for a ride?

They elected a man so full
Of vengeance and desperation
That his campaign was principally
Lies and misinformation.

He pandered to the people's worries--
Worries that he created
By turning people against the folks
That he has deprecated.

He won't focus on key issues;
No, those he ignores.
He would rather perpetuate
Hateful culture wars.

Islamo-, trans-, and homophobia
Will now be on the rise
As players in Trump's administration
Begin to mobilize

Racist stooges surrounding him
Will always be in his ear,
Chipping away at human rights
And constantly stoking fear.

The deportation of immigrants
He says is first on his list
Of things to do, for he is such
A heartless nativist.

Loyalty above all else
Is what he always demands.
With autocrats all over the world,
He'll be shaking hands.

We’ve all seen that Trump's whole world
Is strictly quid pro quo.
With Elon Musk so tight with him,
Will Musk be running the show?

With no more guardrails to keep Trump in line,
He'll FURTHER disunite
Americans, and that will be
Much to Putin's delight.

I'm glad I wasn't complicit in choosing
One of the vilest of men
To take a seat in the Oval Office
And wreck the country again.

-by Bob B (11-13-24)

Unfortunate Decision  (lyrics by BobB)

Introducing Campus Conversations with Sophie & Olivia!

This podcast will explore all things women including the highs and the lows.

How will the 2024 US election affect women?

What will the return of Donald Trump to the White House mean for Keir Starmer, the government and British politics?

- Mark Landler, London Bureau Chief at The New York Times
- Dr Leslie Vinjamuri, Director, US and the Americas Programme at Chatham House

This panel was chaired by Catherine Haddon, Programme Director at the Institute for Government. 

Breakfast session: US election – The night after president Trump’s inauguration

Student-run networking group at City of Glasgow College, set up to enable, inform, and provide opportunities for women in preparation for employment in the media

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2024 UPDATE: PoC returns for a short run to discuss all things US Election. Welcome back (for a limited time)!
  
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Opinion Battlegrounds - from international strategic issues management specialists Chelgate Ltd.  
In each episode we apply a magnifying glass to this week’s great debates.  We consider the arts of persuasion, discussing the techniques and strategies, failures and successes, fought out across the charred, smoking battlegrounds of the war of public opinion.  Who won? Who Lost? Who persuaded you? 
It won’t matter if we agree with the arguments being made or disagree.  It won’t matter whose side we are on, or who we like or dislike.  
For each episode, Chelgate Executive Chairman Terence Fane-Saunders (https://www.linkedin.com/in/terence-fane-saunders-83344619/) will be joined by two or three expert guests to pick apart the battles for your opinion.

Our wonderful introductory music is with kind permission of the London Symphony Orchestra. It’s from Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf’s Double Bass Concerto, originally written in E flat Major but performed here a semitone lower.  Rinat Ibragimov, the LSO’s principal double bass of the London Symphony Orchestra, together with Catherine Edwards.
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