First, we talk to two political scientists about campaigns, elections and how voters decide, at the Midwest Political Science Association conference.[ dur: 42 mins. ]

• Sean Theriault is Professor of Political Science at University of Texas. He is the author of “Party Polarization in Congress” and “The Gingrich Senators: The Roots of Partisan Warfare in Congress“.
• David Redlawsk is a Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University. He is the co-author of “How Voters Decide“, and author of the new book, “The Positive Case for Negative Campaigning“.

Then, What is power? Who has it? How does it work? We discuss politics of power with William Domhoff renowned author of the classic book Who Rules America. [ dur: 16 mins. ]

• William Domhoff is a Research Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of numerous books including “Who Rules America?“, “Changing the Powers That Be: How the Left Can Stop Losing and Win“, “Class and Power in the New Deal: Corporate Moderates, Southern Democrats, and the Liberal-Labor Coalition” , and “Diversity in the Power Elite: How It Happened, Why It Matters“.

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This program is produced with generous contribution from Ankine Aghassian, Tim Page, Mike Hurst and Sudd Dongre.

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