Democracy in America Now - Election 2020: UC Berkeley Big Ideas

Today’s lecture takes a look ahead at the leading challenges and opportunities facing American democracy in this moment. We begin with a discussion of Trump’s refusal to admit defeat in the presidential election and the conspiracy theories and rising white male violence that are emerging out of the realignment of the defeated white power wing of the Republican party. Here we are confronted with the role played by conspiracy theories in the politics of the right and the threat to multiracial democracy posed by Trump’s defeated authoritarianism. This discussion is followed by a focus on the Black women who won Georgia for the Democrats. We consider how they achieved this remarkable goal through organizing and what this model of direct voter engagement portends for the future of democracy in America. Series: "Public Policy and Society" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 36293]

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Democracy in America Now - Election 2020: UC Berkeley Big Ideas is an episode from Race in America (Audio) by UCTV.

This episode is 01:40:02 long.

This episode was published on Nov 16, 2020.

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