The US Election Landscape: Historical, Spatial, and Data-Driven Perspectives on Voting

December 12, 2024

PANEL-DISCUSSION EVENT: The US Election Landscape: Historical, Spatial, and Data-Driven Perspectives on Voting (November 13, 2024)

SPEAKERS:

• Beverly Gage, John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History, Yale University

• Stephen Ansolabehere, Frank G. Thompson Professor of Government, Harvard University

• Shiro Kuriwaki, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University

MODERATOR:

• Alan Gerber, Sterling Professor of Political Science, Yale University

In this post-election panel discussion, experts explored the complexities of election maps and voter behavior. Professors Beverly Gage, Stephen Ansolabehere, and Shiro Kuriwaki examined how election results were visualized, the limitations of traditional red-blue maps, and the deeper insights uncovered through data analysis.

0:00 Opening Remarks by Jennifer Marlon, Executive Director at the Yale Center for Geospatial Solutions

4:40 Speaker 1: Beverly Gage

21:55 Speaker 2: Stephen Ansolabehere

45:15 Speaker 3: Shiro Kuriwaki

57:47 Q&A Session

This event was hosted by the Yale Center for Geospatial Solutions, in collaboration with the Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies, the Yale Data-Intensive Social Science Center, and Yale Library.