Academy Forum | The 2024 Presidential and Congressional Elections: Small Wave, Seismic Effects

October 7, 2025
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Gary Jacobson, with discussant Alan Abramowitz, examine the 2024 presidential and congressional elections. Moderated by Marylena Mantas, with a welcome from Robert Y. Shapiro

Join live to ask questions and meet the author of “The 2024 Presidential and Congressional Elections: Small Wave, Seismic Effects”—from the Fall 2025 issue of Political Science Quarterly. In his biennial election analysis, Gary C. Jacobson discusses how Donald Trump’s return to the White House resulted primarily from the unwavering support from the majority of ordinary Republicans and from swing voters unhappy with the economy and illegal immigration.  

Authors

GARY C. JACOBSON is Distinguished Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. He specializes in the study of U.S. elections, parties, campaign finance, public opinion and Congress. His most recent book is Presidents and Parties in the Public Mind.

Discussant

ALAN ABRAMOWITZ is the Alben W. Barkley Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Emory University. His expertise includes election forecasting models, party realignment in the United States, congressional elections, and the effects of political campaigns on the electorate.

Welcome

ROBERT Y. SHAPIRO is the Wallace S. Sayre Professor of Government in the Department of Political Science and Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is President of The Academy of Political Science and Editor of Political Science Quarterly.

Moderator

MARYLENA MANTAS is Associate and Managing Editor of Political Science Quarterly and Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Global Affairs at Sacred Heart University.

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