Associate GPPR interview editor, Kenny French, spoke with Professor Jonathan Ladd about the election. Dr. Ladd is an associate professor in the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Department of Government at Georgetown and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is on the editorial boards of Political Behavior and American Politics Research , an associate editor of Research & Politics and a co-editor of Vox.com's political science blog Mischiefs of Faction. His book, Why Americans Hate the Media and How it Matters, won the Goldsmith Book Prize from Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy and the McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research.
The conversation covers whether or not this election is different and, if it is, what makes it different, specifically focusing on the popularity of outsider candidates, such as Donald Trump. The conversation also takes a look at the role of the media and polling in both the political and policy realms.
