Over 2 billion people were eligible to vote in 2024, and in the elections that followed populist politicians did well, culminating in the re-election of President Trump in the United States. So, what actually happened, and why? In this first kick-off seminar, we’ll hear from polling experts and political scientists about what the 2024 elections told us about the state of politics across the West, some of the common cultural and economic explanations and the outlook for how more mainstream politicians might react.

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This seminar will take place in the Investcorp Lecture Theatre at St Antony’s College: 62 Woodstock Rd, Oxford, OX2 6JF