Did Obama's Campaign Win Him the Election? John Sides & Lynn Vavreck

Date/Time:	Monday, 04 Feb 2013 at 2:30 pm
Location:	South Ballroom, Memorial Union
Cost:	Free
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John Sides is an associate professor of political science at George Washington University and blogger at The Monkey Cage. Lynn Vavreck is an associate professor of political science at UCLA and author of The Message Matters. Part of the Harkin Institute of Public Policy's Symposium on Social Science, Presidential Campaigns, and Political Reporting.

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Symposium Schedule

9:15 a.m., Welcome and opening comments
Dave Peterson, Interim Director, Harkin Institute of Public Policy, Iowa State University

9:30 - 10:30 a.m., Experiments in Messaging: Insights from Psychology
Joanne Miller, University of Minnesota

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., What We Don't Know about Campaign Mobilization
Scott McClurg, Southern Illinois University

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Did the 2012 Ground Game Matter?
Seth Masket, University of Denver

2:30 - 4:00 p.m., Did Obama's Campaign Win Him the Election?
John Sides, George Washington University, and Lynn Vavreck, University of California, Los Angeles

8:00 p.m., How New Campaign Styles Win Elections
Great Hall, Memorial Union
Ryan Lizza, New Yorker, and Sasha Issenberg, Slate.com