What's Wrong with Democracy?

Episode 15: On the campaign trail


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It often feels like America is stuck in a perpetual election campaign cycle. How much do campaigns matter? Ben speaks to three guests who have followed several US presidential campaigns from the outside, and the inside. How different does this year’s look? 


What’s Wrong with Democracy? US election miniseries - part three of three.


Guests: 

  • John Sides, Professor at the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee
  • Lauren Gambiano, political correspondent for Guardian US 
  • Jim Messina, former campaign manager and former White House deputy chief of staff for operations under President Barack Obama


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Host: Professor Ben Ansell

Producers: Ada Barume and Eleanor Biggs

Editor: Jasper Corbett

Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil 



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