Understanding the Presidential and Other Nominating Processes- Implications for the 2024 Elections (ONLINE)
OSHR 5066Examine the 2024 presidential, vice-presidential, and congressional nominating processes and review the prior twelve months of political decision-making. The course addresses the lessons to be learned from this round of nominations and explores if the 2024 nominating process is different from prior nominating processes. Discuss what events and issues will determine the 2024 electoral outcomes at the presidential and congressional levels and consider if American democracy as we know it is safe. The course is nonpartisan and will cover a wide variety of issues. The instructor will provide the reading materials and other handouts. Class discussion and participation will be a major part of the class.
David Caputo has been teaching OLLI courses for several years. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in Political Science and has taught at Purdue University, Hunter College, Pace University (he is President Emeritus at Pace), and at Colorado State University as an adjunct. He continues to do political commentary and has extensive experience in media coverage of presidential elections.
Notes
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Testimonials
"We are very fortunate to have [David] teaching in our OLLI program. He is outstanding and very informative. He also is excellent atinvolving the class members."