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IKMAS Seminar Series No.12/2016

IKMAS Seminar Series No.12/2016

Title: Outlook for 2016 US Elections and Beyond
Date :     22nd�����ܲ��ܲ�����2016��(Monday)
Time :     2.30PM-4.30PM
Venue :   IKMAS Meeting Room, IKMAS, ÿ�մ���app

Speaker: Mr. Kyle Kondik (Managing Editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, the University of Virginia Center for Politic)

Synopsis:

This presentation focuses on the 2016 United States presidential and congressional elections. Factors that will help determine the outcome of the election and what the results may mean for the future of American policy will be explained; and the major figures in American politics and the state of public opinion in the United States will be discussed.

About the Speaker:

Kyle Kondik is managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, the University of Virginia Center for Politics’ authoritative, nonpartisan newsletter on American campaigns and elections. Kyle’s analysis of presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial politics has been cited by the BBC, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BuzzFeed, and numerous other publications, and he is a frequent contributor to Politico Magazine. He also serves as the Center’s communications director and is based in Washington, where he manages the Center’s DC office. Kyle has analyzed American politics on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, and has given speeches to groups at the U.S. Department of State, National Governors Association, Congressional Summer Intern Lecture Series, Princeton University, University of Virginia, and many others. Before joining the Center for Politics in 2011, Kyle served as director of policy and research for former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray and as a reporter, editorial page editor, and political columnist at newspapers in Northeast Ohio. He is a 2006 graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, where he also served as editor of the university’s student-run newspaper, The Post. Kyle is working on a book, The Bellwether: Why Ohio Picks the President, scheduled for publication in 2016 by Ohio University Press.