This episode was produced in partnership with University of Edinburgh Democrats Overseas! 🇺🇸
We can’t wait for you to hear this detailed, diverse, and often entertaining conversation all about the upcoming US midterms: what we’re watching out for, how the results might look, and even their implications for the Presidential election cycle in 2028…
📢 Both teams prepared additional materials to introduce our listeners to midterm elections (and why they’re so important) which you can access here:
Your election primer from the Dems team:
What to read this week to get acquainted with the US midterms, from us here at Backbench:
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We’d like to thank: Professor Carman for his time and insightful answers to our (big) questions; our attendees, especially the audience members who asked their own burning questions; the Democrats Overseas team for their contributions to planning the event, especially Alex Daniels (Co-President) and Anna Bronwyn Turney (Campaigns Officer); and finally, Backbench team members for all their hard work to put this event together.
For this episode:
Guest: Professor Christopher Carman, Stevenson Professor of Citizenship at the University of Glasgow
Co-Hosts: Rachel Barlow and Alex Daniels
Mic Runner: Joe Hughes
Communications Manager: Niamh Werner
Audio Engineer: Jamie Calder
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Plus, keep your eye out for tickets to our LIVE Question Time episode, the place to hear from YOUR student parties about the issues most important to you! It’ll be themed around the upcoming Scottish elections, so get questions in while you can 🎙️
Question submissions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctWxWeQpAIvj7FfmYESJkBnyIpX3EF3hDg9etY9RrV2hpf8g/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=103112132280998864401
