2024 Presidential Election Townhall

Join BLACK Yalies on Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 2:00 PM PST for a town hall style session with Dr. Vincent Hutchings, a political scientist from the University of Michigan. After his enlightening presentation in March on the 2024 Presidential election, Dr. Hutchings returns to tackle pressing questions: How reliable are current polls? What are our chances of securing majorities in the House and Senate? How accurate are reports of the number Black men (and women) supporting Trump? And how can we support Kamala Harris' campaign now? Don't miss this opportunity to engage in crucial discussions as we approach this pivotal election! 

Vincent Hutchings is the Hanes Walton Jr. Collegiate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and a Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research. In 2020, he was also appointed as a University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor. He received his Ph.D. in 1997 from the University of California, Los Angeles. 

Professor Hutchings conducts research and teaches courses in Black politics, American public opinion and voting behavior, and racial attitudes. In 2003, he published a book entitled Public Opinion and Democratic Accountability, from Princeton University Press. His research has primarily focused on the ways in which political campaigns and the media frame information about racial issues in order to activate and make politically relevant the voters’ sympathies and/or antipathies for particular racial groups. Professor Hutchings has received multiple grants from the National Science Foundation. He was one of the Principal Investigators of the American National Election Study from 2010-2017.

In 2012, Professor Hutchings was elected as a Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). In 2022, Professor Hutchings was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

He is married to Black Yalie, L. Monique Ward (Morse '87).

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