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The 2024 US presidential election: Democracy and its discontents
Democracy Under Pressure: Public Opinion, Populism and the US Election
With a pivotal US presidential election on the horizon, the state of American democracy has never been more closely scrutinised — or more consequential for the rest of the world.
In this special Lowy Institute conversation, the head of the world's most respected public opinion research institution joined two of the Institute's leading experts to examine the forces reshaping US and global politics. The discussion ranged across the rise of populism, the health of democratic institutions, and how public attitudes are driving — and being driven by — one of the most polarising political moments in modern American history.
Transnational Challenges Program Director Lydia Khalil spoke with Pew Research Center President Dr Michael Dimock, with the conversation moderated by Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program Director Ryan Neelam.
About the speakers
Dr Michael Dimock is President of Pew Research Center, the preeminent US-based nonpartisan institute producing world-leading polling and data-driven research on the trends shaping America and the world. An expert on American political opinion, he has co-authored several of the Centre's landmark reports on US political and social values and multiple presidential election cycles.
Lydia Khalil is Director of the Transnational Challenges Program at the Lowy Institute, managing the Digital Threats to Democracy and Safeguarding Democracy projects. She is the author of Rise of the Extreme Right: The New Global Extremism and the Threat to Democracy.
Ryan Neelam is Director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program at the Lowy Institute and Project Lead on the annual Lowy Institute Poll. He previously served as an Australian diplomat in Hong Kong and at the United Nations in New York.
Featuring
Lydia Khalil
Lydia Khalil is Program Director of the Transnational Challenges Program at the Lowy Institute.
Ryan Neelam
Ryan Neelam was Director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program at the Lowy Institute. He led the flagship annual Lowy Institute Poll, was project director for the Global Diplomacy Index, and wrote about climate diplomacy and multilateral policy.
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